General Election 2010

Apr 6 2010 by Alison Lowson, Perthshire Advertiser Tuesday

Dear Editor, – Are you disabled or know someone who is disabled and would like to vote in the general election?

Around 10.8 million disabled people are eligible to vote in the UK but not everyone is aware of how to do so.

Leonard Cheshire Disability has a new website called ‘My Vote, My Say’ which gives information on how to register to vote, the different ways to cast a ballot and how to become a volunteer.

Do you know how accessible your polling station or candidates constituency building is? Could this cause a problem on polling day?

Leonard Cheshire Disability has found 44 per cent of disabled people have experienced discrimination or difficulties when accessing goods and services in the past 12 months.

By visiting the website you can send a letter to your local candidates asking them to sign up to Leonard Cheshire Disability’s pledge to be an assessable MP.

Do any of these circumstances affect your right to vote? Visit www.lcdisability.org/myvotemysay.

John Knight,

Director of Policy and Campaigns,

Leonard Cheshire Disability,

66 South Lambeth Road,

London, SW8 1RL’