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Duct Systems ey LL ¥ A ' ETE LAS ' v $e 1% SAN pg i RAL CL A Saris . ' : A.A § . . ' iol £0 ord S F | . BI PH x . va PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, August 9, 1978 -- 27 The blind will mark own ballot A variation to the ballot used in Ontario provincial elections which will enable blind people to vote. without special assistance was announced last month by Ontario's Chief Election Officer Roderick Lewis. "We believe this will make Ontario the first jurisdiction in Canada where a blind voter will be able to mark his or her ballot, confidentially and confidently, without the aid of a sighted person," said Mr. Lewis. "There are about 11,000 Ontario residents of "voting age registered with the Canadian National Insti- tute for the Blind and pro- bably many other thousands with visual impairment who will find this ballot helpful." "The basic format of the ballot will not change," "and no amendment will be required to election legislation." Ballots used in Ontario pro- vincial elections are printed in black with each candi- date's name shown in white. A white circle to the right of thé candidate's name is used by the voter to mark his or her choice. The change consists of a small notch cut into the top edge at the upper righthand corner. Other notches will be cut beside each white circle down the right side of the ballot. The upper right . hand notch will enable "a blind person to align the ballot face up with the cir- cles on the right. The voter will then slide a finger down the right side of the ballot, counting the notches on that side. On the Ontario ballot, can- didates' names are printed" in alphabetical order and are numbered. A blind voter may have a friend or poll official read the names in _ order, may obtain the num- ber and order of candidates from political party workers or otherwise identify the numerical position of the candidate of his or her choice without disclosing a prefer- ence. The voter counts the desired number of notches and marks an "x" in the white circle opposite the notch. The idea which lead to development of the notched ballot was originated by Mrs. Jean Young of Missis- sauga, Ontario, who is blind. She was assisted by her husband, also blind, and their sighted son who is interested in politics and the political process. Various types of templates with slots or raised lines are used by blind people to assist in signing cheques or other .documents. Mrs. Young's original idea was to design a template which could fit over a ballot. The voter would then be guided to the appro- priate white circle on the ballot by holes punched in the template. There is a provision in the election legislation allowing people handicapped by blind- ness and unable to vote without assistance to be aided by a friend or the deputy returning officer at the poll. Such a voter is required to swear that he or she is unable to vote without assistance, and the friend, who is allowed to-accompany the voter through the voting process, must swear to carry out the wishes of the blind elector and not to reveal his changed," says Mr. Lewis. '""Any blind voter choosing to be aided by a friend when voting may continue to do 50." 'We were fascinated by Mrs. Young's idea," states Robert Carter, Project * Co- ordinator of the 'Ontario Election Office: "We experi- mented with the template design and found some tech- nical and administrative problems. For example, in the last Ontario general election there was one riding with seven candidates. In our tests of the template, some blind people found it difficult to position a three- candidate ballot in a tem- plate with seven holes. To avoid this difficulty, we would have to provide various templates with different numbers of holes and distribute the correct ones to each constituency." "The most important con- sideration from the view- point of blind voters was the complete elimination of special procedures or assist- ance," said Mr. Carter. "Therefore we created a refinement of Mrs. Young's idea -- notching the ballot to correspond with each candi- date's name. This means a blind voter can use the same ballot as sighted voters with- out the need for special devices, like the template. A group of blind people from BOOST, an organization to assist blind persons, and the Canadian National titute for the Blind tested ) template and notched /sys- tems and unanimously agreed the notched ballot was better." "The additional cost is less than half a cent per ballot and is small compared to the importance. of enabling every blind voter to cast a ballot with ease," according to Mr. Lewis. "The secrecy of an individual's vote is one of the cornerstones of our concept of a free democracy and the notched ballot will give the right to blind voters... for the first time." 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