Some visually impaired electorates in the Ahafo region have undergone training on the proper use of the Tactile Jacket ahead of the December 7 polls.
The tactile jacket is voting equipment provided by the Electoral Commission (EC) to assist the visually impaired in casting their ballots.
According to Mr. Gideon Yeboah, the Asunafo North Municipal Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), the training was to educate, particularly first-time voters, on the use of tactile jackets to enable them to vote appropriately on December 7.
The Municipal Directorate of the EC organized the day’s training, which also sensitized the participants on the voting process.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Goaso, the regional capital, on the sidelines of the training, Mr. Yeboah also called on caregivers to assist the visually impaired and accompany them to their various polling stations in the region to cast their ballots on time.
With the jacket, he said, visually impaired electorates would be able to identify their preferred choice of candidates and vote for them accordingly.
“We are assuring them of the availability of the tactile ballot to enable them to cast their votes for their chosen candidates,” Mr. Yeboah stated, and entreated the visually impaired voters to ensure that only their caregivers take them to the polling stations.
Mr. Kwaku Atibilla, the Ahafo Regional Secretary of the Ghana Blind Union (GBU), expressed appreciation to the EC for the training and called on the commission to ensure that the jackets were made available at all polling stations across the region so that none of the electorates would be disenfranchised.
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