Disability access failure in polling station violates election law but does not invalidate presidential election results.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court found that denying disabled voters access to the polling station violated the universal voting principle in the Presidential Election Act. The plaintiff, a priest representing 150 disabled pilgrims, argued that inaccessible stairs, lack of facilities, and misleading information prevented 69 people from voting. While the court confirmed the violation and the duty of election commissions to assist arriving voters, it ruled that the error did not alter the final election outcome.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 2 of the Presidential Election Act; Art. 127(1) of the Constitution: Failure to provide access to disabled voters constitutes a violation of the universal voting principle, but such a violation does not invalidate election results if the outcome remains unchanged.