We are collecting incidents of disabled people facing barriers to being able to vote in person, or with postal voting in this general election. If we find there are widespread access issues we will put in a formal complaint to the Electoral Commission.
Problems might include:
In person voting:
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Problems voting because of lack of photo ID or problems with the ID you take
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Lack of step free access, or space to move inside
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Doors too heavy to open
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Unhelpful election officials
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Refusal to accommodate reasonable adjustments
Postal voting:
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Difficulty in getting accessible voting forms
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Late delivery of postal voting forms
- Difficulty following the postal voting instructions
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Lack of accessible help with the complicated instructions
If you have any issues at all where you found it more difficult or impossible to cast your vote because you are a disabled person, we want to know.
If you have an issue to report, please use this form to enter your information in a format we can easy send to the Electoral Commission.
If you have difficulty in accessing the form, please contact us at the usual email address mail@dpac.uk.net and please use the title “voting” so we can easily pick it up.
Also see article on voter id rights – How does the new voter ID law affect my rights?
