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Elections watchdog criticises political parties for failing on accessible manifestos

By John Pring on 14th November 2024 Category: Politics

Elections watchdog criticises political parties for failing on accessible manifestos
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The elections watchdog has criticised political parties that failed to produce their general election manifestos in accessible formats. The Electoral Commission has also highlighted how disabled candidates were still not able to secure government funding to support them with their access […]

Some parties still failing on accessible manifestos

By John Pring on 27th June 2024 Category: Politics

Some parties still failing on accessible manifestos
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Some of the main political parties fighting the general election have still not published accessible versions of their manifestos, with just a week to polling day. The worst offender is the right-wing Reform UK, which has so far failed to provide […]

Watchdog agrees to review guidance after by-election hustings access concerns

By John Pring on 6th July 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Watchdog agrees to review guidance after by-election hustings access concerns
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The elections watchdog has agreed to review its guidance, after criticism over its failure to advise organisers of election hustings that they should do everything they can to make them accessible for disabled people. Disabled campaigners spoke out after it emerged […]

Survey suggests tens of thousands of disabled people failed to vote due to ID rules

By John Pring on 29th June 2023 Category: Human Rights

Survey suggests tens of thousands of disabled people failed to vote due to ID rules
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Tens of thousands of disabled people may have been deprived of their vote at May’s local elections in England because of the government’s new rules* on providing voter identification, a new report suggests. Data from polling stations shows that at least […]

Thousands of disabled people lost their vote at local elections, reports suggest

By John Pring on 11th May 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Thousands of disabled people lost their vote at local elections, reports suggest
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Thousands of people with long-term health conditions are likely to have lost the right to vote in last week’s local elections in England, reports from campaigners suggest. Scores of people who have compromised or suppressed immune systems contacted the Evusheld for […]

Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting

By John Pring on 15th June 2017 Category: Human Rights

Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting
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The experience of a partially-sighted voter who believes he was discriminated against at a general election polling station last week has added to calls for disabled people to be allowed to vote online. Dan Williams, director of Visualise Training and Consultancy […]

Early election access reports ‘positive’, despite voting privacy concerns

By John Pring on 15th May 2015 Category: Human Rights

Early election access reports ‘positive’, despite voting privacy concerns
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Last week’s general election appears to have seen an improvement in access to polling stations for disabled voters, at least according to early reports. Disability charities have been highlighting the access barriers faced by disabled voters for more than 20 years. […]

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