According to the Bombay High Court orders and other high courts, every polling booth should have ramps, Braille for visually impaired to cast their votes. Persons with disabilities will not be required to stand in queues, disabled voters will be allowed facility of a companion of their choice to assist them in entering the booth and in casting their vote and assistance should be provided by the staff on duty to escort the voter on a wheel chair inside the booth.

Casting one’s vote takes very little time but this act has great ramifications on the disabled - it is all about being visible and being involved about the issues that affect them, and finding elected officials who would make our inclusion and participation in society a reality,” said Nilesh Singit, coordinator, Disability Rights Initiative.