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This issue continues to be incredibly frustrating | Vicky Foxcroft, Labour’s shadow Minister for Disabled People, said: “For too long it has been difficult for disabled people to vote. New technology means this should no longer be the case.
“Instead of making voting easier for blind and disabled people, the government brought in legislation mandating people to have identification, which many disabled people don’t have. With no strategy for disabled people despite promising one in their 2019 manifesto, this is a government that delivers nothing for disabled people.”
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/blind-partially-sighted-elections-voting-accessibility-rnib-2045980
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inews.co.ukBlind and partially sighted people are struggling to vote, RNIB warnsDespite recent changes to laws to improve accessible voting, guidance is still too vague to ensure people all over the country can enact their right to a secret vote, a charity has warned