Ink for Inclusion Initiative — Toolkit for Inclusive and Accessible Elections

The Sangyan
3 min readApr 30, 2024

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The Comprehensive Toolkit for Inclusive and Accessible Elections includes — 1. Number of Electors belonging to the Persons with Disabilities Category, 2. Climate-resilient and Universally Accessible Election Facilities, 3. Disability-wise facilities to be provided on the Day of Polling to the Voters with Disabilities, 4. ECI’s Saksham App for Inclusive and Accessible Election, 5. Home Voting Facilities, 6. ECI’s Advisory on Prevention of Heatwave Impact, and 7. Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF).

Toolkit for Inclusive and Accessible Elections

Visual Description [Alt Text]: On a purple background, there is the following content — “INK FOR INCLUSION INITIATIVE” (Title), “A COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT FOR INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ELECTIONS” (Centre), “Prepared and Compiled by Adv. Abhishek Kumar and Ar. Kavya Poornima Balajepalli” (bottom). Apart from them are the logo of the ‘Ink for Inclusion’ Initiative, the QR Code of the ‘Ink for Inclusion’ Initiative page and a graphic of persons with disabilities with their assistive devices. Additiona
Visual Description [Alt Text]: On a purple background, there is the following content — “INK FOR INCLUSION INITIATIVE” (Title), “A COMPREHENSIVE TOOLKIT FOR INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE ELECTIONS” (Centre), “Prepared and Compiled by Adv. Abhishek Kumar and Ar. Kavya Poornima Balajepalli” (bottom). Apart from them are the logo of the ‘Ink for Inclusion’ Initiative, the QR Code of the ‘Ink for Inclusion’ Initiative page and a graphic of persons with disabilities with their assistive devices. Additionally, there are the following hashtags — #BuildForwardBetter, #InkForInclusion and #WeAllBelong along with the logos of Poornamidam and The Sangyan.

Election Commission of India’s Voter Helpline Number — 1950.

For more information including the Polling Station Access Indicators/Checklist, and Details of Accessibility Nodal Officers’ appointed at State and UT for Accessible Elections: https://www.thesangyan.in/ink-for-inclusion

Link to the Ink For Inclusion Initiative and Inclusive Election Toolkit: https://www.thesangyan.in/ink-for-inclusion

Prepared and Compiled by

Adv. Abhishek Kumar, Founder and Curator — The Sangyan

Ar. Kavya Poornima Balajepalli, Founder and Curator — Poornamidam

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Law. Environment. Disability | Curator ~ Adv. Abhishek Kumar | Working on the 'Impact of Climate Change on Persons with Disabilities' | thesangyan.in | 🇮🇳 |

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