Ritu Suhas, DDC Rajnandgaon, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh receives the award

BEST ELECTORAL PRACTICES AWARDS 2017 FOR VOTER EDUCATION & ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION: Ritu Suhas, DDC Rajnandgaon, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh Initiatives: Booth Dost –Developed a free, offline app to reach out to the PWDs. A mock poll session with around 300 PWDs facing 6 types of Disabilities invited for one to one experience with the EVM Machine and a booth. PWDs organizeda Rose Marathon to promote voter awareness for PWDs. Booth Rath - The achiever PWDs in all 22 blocks of the district made to promote Voter awareness. Outcome: Out of 30,583 PWDs mapped in the district, 21,479 actually voted (around 70%).