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In Touch: Election Special

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28/04/2015

Election Special

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Election Special

Ian Macrae tells Peter White what the main parties are offering blind voters.

Peter White talks to Ian Macrae from Disability Now and Andrew Scallan from the Electoral Commission about information and access. Plus Chris Danielsen on American e-voting.

An election special in which Peter White talks to Ian Macrae from Disability Now, who gives an overview of what the major parties' manifestos are offering blind people. Andrew Scallan from the Electoral Commission explains what visually-impaired people can expect by way of access to polling stations and ballot papers. Chris Danielsen from the National Federation of the Blind talks about e-voting which is available to blind people like himself, in America.


Producer: Cheryl Gabriel.

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