If you have a disability and have problems when you go to a polling station to vote, we offer lots of different ways to help you.
- You can apply for a postal vote if you would rather not go to vote in person or have difficulty getting there
- You can apply for a proxy vote so someone can vote at a polling station on your behalf
- You can ask the polling staff to help you cast your vote
- You can take someone with you to help you vote
- If you are blind, you can ask to use the Tactile Voting Device
- If your sight is poor, you can ask to see the Large Print copy of the Ballot Paper
All our stations are accessible for disabled voters including wheelchair access, and ramps are provided as necessary. However, if you physically can't get into the polling station, just ask the polling station staff to assist you.
Easy read guides
The Electoral Commission has produced these booklets for people with disabilities and those that support them.
Taking someone with you
Anyone who has a disability can take someone with them into the polling station to help them to vote. The person helping you must be aged 18 or over.
Equipment at polling stations
- Ramps for easy access
- Bright lighting
- Coloured overlays to help people with dyslexia to read the ballot paper
- Pencil grips
- Tactile voting devices for people with a visual impairment
- Large Print copies of the ballot paper
- Magnifiers
- Wheelchair accessible booths
- Audio recordings of the ballot paper
- Chairs for those that cannot stand for long periods
- Information on what will happen at the polling stations
Brockmoor and Pensnett by-election 19 December 2024
Voter ID
Anyone wishing to vote in person, including those acting as a proxy on behalf of another, must have an accepted form of photographic ID to prove their identity.
Information for blind and partially sighted
The Electoral Commission has produced these booklets to help blind and partially sighted people, and the people who support them, to meet voter ID requirements.
Information for deaf people and those with hearing loss
The Electoral Commission has produced some videos to help deaf people and those with hearing loss, and the people who support them, to meet voter ID requirements.
Contact us
Email: elections@dudley.gov.uk
Electoral Services
Council House
Priory Road
Dudley
DY1 1HF