Information for Voters with Disabilities

There are special arrangements to assist those electors with an illness or disability to exercise their voting rights. The leaflet below, details these arrangements, which can be summarised as follows:

  • voting at an alternative polling station if a person’s local station is inaccessible;
  • postal voting by electors living at home who cannot go to the polling station due to a disability or illness;
  • special voting facilities provided in hospitals, nursing homes or similar institutions for residents who cannot go to the polling station due to a disability or illness;
  • assistance in voting at the polling station by a companion or by the presiding officer for people with a visual impairment, physical disability or literacy difficulty;
  • the use of photographs and party political emblems on ballot papers to assist visually impaired people and people with literacy difficulties;
  • the display of a large print copy of the ballot paper in polling stations to further assist visually impaired people and people with literacy difficulties;
  • availability of a Ballot Paper Template to enable voters with visual impairment to mark their ballot paper without assistance.
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