India
Despite heat, senior citizens step out to vote in large numbers
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Many super senior citizens and persons with disabilities chose to cast their votes in person despite arrangements for postal ballots. A 103-year-old resident of Vallur village came to the polling booth in a wheelchair, saying it brought him joy to fulfil his democratic duty. He urged others not to stay at home, but to go to their respective polling stations to cast their votes.