Blind voter: 'My right to a secret ballot was gone' : vimars

Blind voter: 'My right to a secret ballot was gone'


BBC News
By Ian Hamilton
image captionVicky Haylott feels she was denied the right to a secret ballot in the recent Scottish Parliament election
Vicky Haylott, who is totally blind, was among voters across Scotland who went to the polls last week in the Scottish Parliament election.
However, she and other visually-impaired people have raised concerns about how accessible the process was.
"I arrived at the polling station with my dad and he was instantly asked, on my behalf, if he would be voting for me and would he like to fill out a form.
"I interrupted everyone and said 'no actually I'm going to vote myself'," she told BBC Scotland.

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