thank you your massage is very good On 6/21/10, Vikas Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: > Polling stations 'fail disabled' through lack of access > Page last updated at 23:06 GMT, Sunday, 20 June 2010 00:06 UK > > Some disabled people have problems accessing polling stations Online voting > should be introduced to assist disabled voters after access to polling > stations failed to improve for this year's election, a charity said. > > A Scope survey suggested more than two thirds of the general election > polling stations failed basic access tests. > > That was no better than in 2001 or 2005, despite new guidance and duties for > local authorities. > > Scope's Ruth Scott said the "archaic" voting system had been "failing > disabled voters for some time". > > More than a third of disabled people - 35% - interviewed as part of Scope's > Polls Apart report said they would prefer to vote online. > > The report said some wheelchair users were forced to vote in the street and > some polling station staff were unable to show those with eyesight problems > how to use special equipment to help them vote. > > Ms Scott said the country's voting system "isn't working for other voters > either," demonstrated by "scores of people queuing outside polling stations" > at the recent general election. > > "Over the last decade there has been next to no improvement in the overall > accessibility of polling stations or postal voting," she said. > > "There is a pressing need for clearer accountability over how elections are > delivered, to help improve the accessibility of current voting methods, as > well as expanding these to include alternative methods. > > "Unless this happens disabled people will continue to struggle to exercise > their right to vote. > > "In a digital age where people can vote by text for the X-Factor and shop > and bank online, our voting system really needs to catch up." > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10362224.stm > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[email protected], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > Voice your thoughts in the blog to discuss the Rights of persons with > disability bill at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/blog.htm > > To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in >
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