Today, meeting of the permanent group working on the issues of persons with disabilities (PWD) was held at the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia. Tamar Zhvania, CEC Chairperson made opening remarks and provided meeting participants with the information about the planned By-elections and extraordinary elections.

Basic topics of today’s meeting referred to the discussion of the legislative proposals prepared by the CEC. The project considers giving the possibility to the PWDs to select the adapted polling station according to the address of registration within the election district territory. Sophio Sitchinava, Head of the standing working group and the Head of Coordination, Planning and Reporting Department provided meeting participants with the detailed information about the project. Group members submitted their recommendations and the project of possible legislative proposals considering those recommendation will be available for the electoral stakeholders.