Call for evidence outcome

Access to elections: Call for Evidence

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 5 September 2017
• Last updated: 30 August 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This call for evidence has closed

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Access to elections call for evidence: government response

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Access to elections call for evidence: government response – easy read guide

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Detail of outcome

We received 256 responses to this call for evidence including from individuals, organisations, charities, NHS Foundation Trusts, sector representative bodies and local authority election teams.

The evidence provided has been analysed in partnership with the government-chaired Accessibility of Elections Working Group to produce a response report of key findings and recommended actions to improve the accessibility of elections.

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Original call for evidence

Summary

A Call for Evidence asking for views on how people with disabilities experience registering to vote and voting itself.

This call for evidence ran from
5 September 2017 to 5pm on 14 November 2017

Call for evidence description

Call to Evidence British Sign Language - 1

On Tuesday 5 September, the Minister for the Constitution launched a Call for Evidence, asking for views on how people with disabilities experience registering to vote and voting itself.

Responses to the Call for Evidence will:

• enhance the government’s understanding of the experiences of disabled people in registering to vote and casting their vote
• help identify if current mechanisms to support disabled people to participate in the democratic process are sufficient
• identify examples of good practice provided by Electoral Service Teams to disabled people at elections

In partnership with the members of the Cabinet Office Accessibility Working Group, which includes the Royal Mencap Society, Mind, RNIB, Scope, United Response, NHS, the Association of Electoral Administrators, the Electoral Commission and Scottish Assessors Association, the government will review the evidence it receives and produce a report of key findings and recommendations.

You can download the Call for Evidence in an accessible word document (thank you to RNIB for advice on this document) and Easy Read format (thank you to Mencap for advice on this document).

Call to Evidence British Sign Language - 2

How to respond to the Call for Evidence

Please respond before 17:00 on Tuesday 14 November 2017.

You should respond to this Call for Evidence by email elections@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

We will accept submissions in hard copy. If you need to submit a hard copy, please send to:

Electoral Administration Team
Cabinet Office
4th floor, Orange Zone
1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ.

For enquiries or Call for Evidence in any other formats please email elections@cabinetoffice.gov.uk or call 0207 276 1379.

How to respond to the Call for Evidence in BSL

Upload a video from your personal YouTube account and send the link to elections@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Send a DVD of you signing your response to:

Electoral Administration Team
Cabinet Office
4th floor, Orange Zone
1 Horse Guards Road
London SW1A 2HQ.

Email a video file in MP4 to elections@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Handling of information and publication of responses

We will not publish any responses to this Call for Evidence. The information you send may be passed to colleagues within Cabinet Office or other government departments.

Documents

Call for Evidence: access to elections

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Easy read: Call for Evidence - access to elections (thank you to Mencap for advice on this document)

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Easy read: Call for Evidence - access to elections (thank you to Mencap for advice on this document)

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Published 5 September 2017
Last updated 30 August 2018 + show all updates

1. 30 August 2018

   Updated with the response to the call for evidence.

2. 3 November 2017

   How to respond to the Call for Evidence in BSL

3. 2 November 2017

   Call to Evidence video in British Sign Language

4. 30 October 2017

   Updated accessible documents

5. 5 September 2017

   First published.