Polling Stations: Disability

(asked on 1st June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the adequacy of the tactile voting device used in polling stations for blind and visually impaired voters and (b) the potential merits of a replacement of that device to increase accessibility.


Answered by
Chloe Smith Portrait
Chloe Smith
This question was answered on 8th June 2018

The tactile voting device was introduced to enable blind and visually impaired voters to mark their vote independently when previously they had to rely on someone else to mark their ballot for them.

The Government’s expert Accessibly of Elections Working Group reviews the experiences of disabled people in voting at elections, including the use of the tactile voting device by blind and visually impaired voters at polling stations. Through the work of the Group, which includes the Royal National Institute of Blind People, the Government assess how the voting experience of blind and visually impaired people can be enhanced.

As part of the Government’s Call for Evidence on Accessibility of elections, we will consider the information provided to assess how the voting experience of blind and visually impaired voters can be further improved.

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