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June 15, 2017 0

Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting

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 in Cardiff, had asked Cardiff council in advance if he could vote using

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Polling station sign attached to metal railings

May 15, 2015

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. And last week, disabled voters who faced polling station barriers were able to

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Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting

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