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Paragraph 36
 

36. Positively, Article 57 has been supplemented to provide for accessible working conditions for election commission members “with mobility (locomotor) difficulties, as well as with disabilities.” Article 58 has been amended to decrease the number of voters allocated to each booth from 750 to 600, and to make it clear that the form of the booth must ensure accessibility for persons with “mobility (locomotor) difficulties.” This may ease the overcrowding. Another welcome amendment aims at ensuring that constituency election commissions are provided “with additional means (braille templates, etc.) for the persons having problems with vision to vote independently during the elections […] the acquisition of additional means, including the printing of braille templates, and the acquisition of magnifying glasses shall be provided by the Central Electoral Commission” (Article 59).28