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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-10-15more like thismore than 2020-10-15
answering body
Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept id 53 more like this
answering dept short name Cabinet Office more like this
answering dept sort name Cabinet Office more like this
hansard heading Absent Voting: Visual Impairment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the findings by the Royal National Institute of Blind People in their report entitled Turned out 2019 that 68 per cent of blind postal voters and 22 per cent of partially sighted postal voters at the December 2019 General Election had to use assistance from another person to enable them to vote, what plans he has to review the accessibility of the postal vote system. more like this
tabling member constituency Crawley more like this
tabling member printed
Henry Smith remove filter
uin 104091 more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2020-10-22more like thismore than 2020-10-22
answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that elections are accessible for all those eligible to vote and has already been working with the RNIB to improve the voting process for voters with sight loss.</p><p>It is important for security purposes that a physical poll card is sent to every elector at the property where they are registered, but we have already considered how electoral information might additionally be made available in more accessible format for those who request it.</p><p>Returning Officers already publish details of candidates in the order they will appear on the ballot paper online. We will work with partners in the electoral sector to ensure this information is accessible.</p><p>The Government will continue to work with the RNIB, the Electoral Commission and other relevant organisations to make blind and partially sighted voters aware of the support available to them at the polling station, and to consider what additional support could be provided to help blind and partially sighted people to vote including by post.</p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Norwich North more like this
answering member printed Chloe Smith more like this
grouped question UIN
104166 more like this
104167 remove filter
104226 more like this
104227 more like this
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less than 2020-10-22T16:55:16.693Zmore like thismore than 2020-10-22T16:55:16.693Z
answering member
1609
label Biography information for Chloe Smith more like this
tabling member
3960
label Biography information for Henry Smith more like this