Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Anne Begg (Labour), on Thursday, 21 July 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 57 members in total.

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ACCESS FOR DISABLED VOTERS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION 2005

That this House welcomes Scope's recent Polls Apart campaign, supported by Capability Scotland and Disability Action Northern Ireland, focusing on access for disabled voters to the General Election 2005; is very concerned at its findings that reveal that 68 per cent. of polling stations and 63 per cent. of postal voting systems were inaccessible to disabled people; notes that disabled people's legal rights under the Representation of the People Act 2000 and Disability Discrimination Act 1995 are not being property enforced; further notes that the electoral system still excludes many disabled people and denies them their basic right to a secret ballot; regrets that there will be no e-voting pilots run this year to expand the voting options available to disabled people; and calls on the Government to enforce disabled people's existing legal rights and continue to develop and pilot fully accessible e-voting systems with a view to rolling out multi-channel voting nationwide within the next five years.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

656 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Rudi Vis

Betty Williams

Meg Hillier

Gordon Banks

Rosie Cooper

Subjects

Access Disability Voting methods General Election 2005

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk