S2 Ep674: RNIB Calls on the Government to Make Voting Finally Accessible for Blind and Partially Sighted Voters

RNIB Connect

On the afternoon of Wednesday 14 August 2024 a group of RNIB campaigners including RNIB Chair Anna Tylor and RNIB Volunteer Paul Goddard handed in a letter to No 10 Downing Street, which sought signatures during the recent General Election, calling for voting to finally be made accessible for people with sight loss.

The letter was open for blind and partially sighted people, and concerned members of the public, to sign during the 2024 General Election campaign, closing on polling day.

2,443 people signed the letter, including celebrity supporters such as Joe Joyce, Anthony Ogogo and Chris Skelley. The letter calls for blind and partially sighted people to finally be given an independent and secret vote and for the Prime Minister to make this a reality.

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Ross Meegan, RNIB Assistant Public Affairs officer and Mike Wordingham, RNIB Policy Manager who were part of the group handing in the letter to No 10 Downing Street to find out how the letter came about, the call for the Prime Minister to make voting accessible, independent and in secret for blind and partially sighted people and how not only the letter but the photo of the letter being handed in will help to make it possible for blind and partially sighted people to vote independently and in secret hopefully in time for the next general election.
(Image shows from left to right – Megan Dearing, Anna Tylor (RNIB Chair), Mike Wordingham, Ross Meegan and Paul Goddard - Stood outside 10 Downing Street with the letter.)