Accessible Vote on Election Day
Federal Election - Monday, October 21, 2019. Elections Canada has listed all the ways in which they strived to make your vote more accessible.
Accessible polling stations
Language and sign language interpretation (available upon request in advance)
Assistance marking your ballot
Large-grip pencil
Bigger ballot with candidate names in large print
Voting screens that let in plenty of light
Lighted magnifiers that make the ballot look 4x bigger
Braille lists of candidates on election day, and
Tactile and Braille templates that fit on top of a ballot
“For more information on accessible voting, visit elections.ca or call 1-800-463-6868.”
In solidarity,
- A
Source 1: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=fir/gui/video5&document=index&lang=e
Source 2: Abilities magazine, Issue 118, Fall 2019
