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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,