Brazil
An Accessibility Programme for Electoral Processes
To make elections more accessible, the programme includes measures such as by placing electoral…
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Voting for persons with disabilities remains as a challenge despite existing laws. Different aspects such as inaccessible voting places, lack of technological innovations, and the perception that people with disabilities have no capacity to make sound decisions, create barriers for an inclusive voting process.
IFES, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, an international, non-profit organization based in the US, highlights four mutually supportive strategies to support inclusive electoral and political processes through empowerment of person with disabilities, supporting government institutions, inclusion of DPO partners in coalitions and assisting political parties in conducting outreach to persons with disabilities.
In addition, election management bodies are expected to be knowledgeable in handling voters with disabilities as well as ensuring that their votes are accounted for.
Political Participation | Voting Policies and Procedures
Here are some examples of successful nominations from previous calls for nominations on the topic of Political Participation.
Brazil
To make elections more accessible, the programme includes measures such as by placing electoral…
Georgia
The tactile ballot guide has cut-out holes and lines along one side to indicate the sequence of…
Libya
With the "Electoral Sign Language Lexicon" IFES captures critical election-related sign language…