Accessible voting

Get help to vote if you have a physical disability or a learning disability.

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Get accessibility support at polling stations

You can take a companion, friend or relative, to your polling station to help you if:

  • you have a disability and cannot complete a ballot paper on your own
  • you require additional support to complete a ballot paper on your own

Your companion must be 18 years or older on election day. They will need to complete a companion declaration form.

Our polling station staff will also be available able to help you. 

Help you can get 

You can ask someone to:

  • give you accessibility tools and materials to help you vote
  • assist you moving around the polling station
  • read out the candidates' names and parties on the ballot paper in order
  • explain the voting options to you
  • use their knowledge of your communication methods to understand who you want to vote for
  • come into the polling booth with you
  • mark the ballot paper with your decision if you permit them to do so

Help you cannot get

Someone else cannot:

  • decide for you on who to vote for
  • mark the ballot paper against your wishes
  • stop you from voting because you have a disability or require additional support