Polls Apart  

Scope’s Polls Apart Campaign on access to voting for disabled people, is supported by Gisela Stuart. At the 2005 General Election, 68% of polling stations had one or more serious access barriers that could prevent a disabled voter from voting independently.   Despite disabled people making up a considerable proportion of the electorate, some still find it more difficult to vote than non-disabled people.  That’s why Scope will be running their Polls Apart campaign in the run-up to the General Election to ensure that disabled people have the same access to Britain’s democracy as everyone else. Local Authorities now have a duty to review polling station access and Scope has recently contacted every local authority to  obtain the results of these reviews.   Gisela Stuart said: “Disabled people have the right to take an equal role in the life of their community and...