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Motion · S5M-20807 · 10 Feb 2020

A Secret Vote for All

Lodged by Colin Smyth Members' Business Motion 19 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament believes in the importance of the right of every enfranchised individual to cast their vote independently and in secret; notes the results of the RNIB report, Turned Out 2017, which found that three quarters of blind and partially-sighted people surveyed could not vote independently and in secret in the 2017 General Election; considers that this creates a disparity between blind and partially-sighted voters and their sighted peers; notes the Scottish Government's work on electoral reform to improve voting experience, and its intention to work with disability groups to address some of the concerns that they have; anticipates the results of RNIB’s 2019 Turned Out report reflecting on the voting experience of electors with a visual impairment during the General Election held on 12 December 2019, and acknowledges the hopes that practical changes will be tested and initiated that will allow people with sight loss, including those in South Scotland, to consistently vote independently.

Supporters (19)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.