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Motion · S6M-01877 · 29 Oct 2021

Accessible Voting Event at Forth Valley Sensory Centre

Lodged by Gillian Mackay (Scottish Green Party) Standard Motion 18 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament understands that Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) research found that only one in five blind voters said that they were able to vote independently at the elections in May 2021; welcomes the work being undertaken by the Scottish Government, with input from RNIB Scotland, to identify a solution that would enable electors with sight loss to cast their ballot in confidence, without the need to share their voting intention with anyone else; acknowledges the recent event at Forth Valley Sensory Centre, which allowed blind and partially sighted people and politicians to try an audio voting aid in a mock election setting; commends the joint work of the organisations to arrange the event, and looks forward to future trials of accessible voting methods, and to finding a solution that removes barriers to the ballot box for electors with sight loss across Scotland, including in Central Scotland.

Supporters (18)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.