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June 22, 2017 0

Disabled voter secures legal settlement over polling station discrimination

A council will have to carry out an audit of disability access at every one of its polling stations, after agreeing to pay compensation to a wheelchair-user who was prevented from voting at elections in 2014. Adam Lotun (pictured) said the settlement showed that Kingston council in south-west London regarded disabled people as “second-class

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

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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Disabled voter secures legal settlement over polling station discrimination

Polling station ‘discrimination’ fuels calls for online voting

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