I'm told this is going to be the most accessible #election ever for #blind people in the #UK.
Wouldn't take much: the blind presenter of a BBC podcast says she has never been alone in a polling booth. There is just almost no provision for #VisuallyImpaired people to vote independently and secretly.
And I've had such hideous experiences from polling staff that I vote by mail now, even though it means a nightmare of getting all the papers and envelopes into other envelopes and matching numbers.
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