Gwangju City Election Commission Provides Transportation Convenience to Voters with Disabilities and Others Facing Voting Difficulties

Operation of 50 'Mobility Convenience Vehicles' on Early Voting and Election Days

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] The Gwangju Metropolitan City Election Commission announced on the 20th that it will provide transportation conveniences, including vehicle support, for voters with severe disabilities and those living in areas with transportation difficulties to facilitate their participation in the 20th presidential election.

For voters with mobility difficulties such as those with severe disabilities and the elderly, 50 mobility convenience vehicles equipped to carry wheelchairs will be operated on the early voting days (March 4-5) and election day (March 9).

During the early voting period, the mobility convenience vehicles will mainly provide round-trip transportation services to key early voting stations that are well-equipped with convenience facilities to ensure wheelchair users can vote without inconvenience, and where specialized personnel capable of sign language interpretation and disability response are additionally assigned.

To use the mobility convenience vehicles, applications can be made by phone to the Gwangju Metropolitan City Transportation Vulnerable Mobility Support Center from March 2 to 5 PM on March 9.

For voters living in areas with transportation difficulties, transportation support vehicles will operate on election day (March 9).

Transportation difficulty areas are defined as places where public transportation operates six times or fewer per day. For this election, 22 precincts within Gwangju and a total of 35 routes will be serviced.

An ‘activity assistant’ will be assigned to the mobility convenience vehicles to assist disabled voters in moving to polling stations and exercising their voting rights, while the transportation support vehicles for transportation difficulty areas will have members of the ‘Fair Election Support Group’ on board to ensure fairness.

A Gwangju Election Commission official stated, “We will do our best to actively provide all necessary conveniences so that people with disabilities and the elderly can exercise their voting rights without inconvenience in the 20th presidential election, ensuring that the voting rights of socially vulnerable groups are practically guaranteed.”

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