Disability and Voting Rights

By Nathan Despott and Asher Hirsch
You could be forgiven for thinking that Australia’s progressive legislation around inclusion has created an equitable Eden of voting rights. We use postal votes and multilingual ballot papers and enforce compulsory voting laws for anyone over the age of 18. We don’t use polling computers that switch our votes. Gerrymandering is passé. Times have changed. Polling places have ramps.
The reality is that voting rights and inclusion do not come together so smoothly in Australia.


http://rightnow.org.au/topics/disability/disability-and-voting-rights/


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