General Election - Telephone ballot paper reading service in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
At this year’s UK General Election taking place on Thursday 4 July all polling stations in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan will have a telephone ballot paper reading service available to support blind and partially sighted voters.
Simply ask a member of staff at the polling station, who will help you to call the office where you can speak to a member of staff who can talk you through the information on the ballot paper, including the names and details of the candidates who are standing and the position that they appear on the ballot paper. The telephone ballot paper reading service will be available in English or Welsh.
Voters in Cardiff also have the option to call 029 2087 2087 (select option 7 and press 1 for elections) when you are at your polling station and state in which constituency you are voting in to hear the information.
RNIB Cymru are very keen to hear about how you found the telephone ballot reading service. They would like to know whether you found the service useful and if it helped you to cast your vote independently and in secret, and would be would be extremely grateful if you could complete this short evaluation survey:
The survey should take no more than five minutes to complete. Your response will help RNIB Cymru work with local authorities to improve the service and campaign for a more accessible voting system in future elections.Posted on the 28th of June 2024