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The Voting Accessibility Audit for the 2026 local elections will open 7th May - and anyone can take part, even if you have a postal vote. Last time, you told us what was happening at polling stations. Over 70% of Clinically Vulnerable voters said they no longer felt able to vote in person at all. Nearly half were asked to remove their mask indoors. Some were ID-checked while masked - although that was against the rules. A small number were turned away entirely. You helped us

When Andrea Barrett set out to vote, she wasn’t expecting to become a case study in how our democracy had failed Clinically Vulnerable people. Andrea lives with a health condition that means Covid wasn't a temporary risk - it remains a serious, ongoing issue. When she went to vote in 2024 she did everything right. She brought valid photo ID, wore a mask, and even brought video evidence showing she had put the mask on before entering the building. But at the polling station,