Polling stations will have volunteers and wheelchairs, transportation facilities will be provided for elderly and differently abled voters
Each vote matters. Taking these words to heart, the election commission of india has set out to ensure each and every eligible voter in the country gets to exercise their franchise in the upcoming lok sabha elections 2024. India’s electorate is made up of nearly 97 crore registered voters largest in the world. The list has 49.7 crore males, 47.1 crore females, 82 lakh voters above the age of 85, 2.18 lakh above the age of 100, 48,000 transgender persons, 19.1 lakh service electors, 1.8 crore first time voters and 19.74 crore young voters.While the first challenge is to ensure everyone eligible gets on the voter list, the second big task is to ensure equal participation from these voters in the elections. And the election commission is ready. The ‘vote from home’ option was extended to voters who needed the facility in recent assembly elections in several states but this is the first time it has been introduced in lok sabha elections. Elderly persons and those with disabilities can vote from home after following due procedure. As per the ec, 82 lakh voters across india are above the age of 85. This includes 2.18 lakh centenarians. The voter list includes 88.4 lakh persons with disabilities.The ‘vote from home’ option was extended to voters who needed the facility in recent assembly elections in several states but this is the first time it has been introduced in lok sabha elections. Elderly persons and those with disabilities can vote from home after following due procedure. As per the ec, 82 lakh voters across india are above the age of 85. This includes 2.18 lakh centenarians. The voter list includes 88.4 lakh persons with disabilities. The poll body will be providing vote from home facility for those who are above 85 years of age and persons with 40% benchmark disability. At the same time, it is ensuring that such voters who wish to vote at polling stations have a hassle-free experience.