Support for registering to vote

– ensuring that all voters can cast their ballots and avail of their entitlements to support.

My Vote My Voice believes public sector workers, local authorities, families, carers, and community groups all have a part to play in ensuring disabled voters can register to vote and ultimately cast their ballots on polling day.
Front line customer service teams in council run community spaces (libraries, hubs etc) to be trained to support people to register to vote
Electoral Commission to co-produce an e-learning module for frontline social care staff on supporting people to vote and having non-partisan conversations about democracy
Social care providers should encourage staff to accompany disabled people they support to polling stations as designated companions, covering election support as a critical component of core staff training.
Allocate dedicated grants from local authorities to social care providers to cover additional transportation costs for disabled people they support travelling to and from polling stations.
Organise voter registration days during the lead-up to polling day aimed at disabled people living in social care, facilitated by providers and local authority election teams, in close collaboration with local Disabled Persons Organisations and advocacy groups.
Build on the lessons learned from the public awareness-raising campaign around voter ID during the 2023 local elections, and reformat messaging towards disabled voters in a more accessible manner.