#ENABLEtheVote

Every person who has a learning disability has the right to vote

On average, only 30 percent of people who have a learning disability vote in elections. And, while 70 percent of people who have a learning disability want to vote, 60 percent find the process too difficult.

In contrast, 56 percent of the wider population voted in the 2016 Scottish Parliament Election.

#ENABLEtheVote set out to make the voting process and politicians much more accessible to people who have a learning disability.

#ENABLEtheVote works across the political spectrum, empowering people who have a learning disability to:

• have their say
• influence the debate on the issues that matter to them
• make informed choices about who to vote for
• increase the number of people who have a learning disability who vote.

We do this by:

• writing accessible literature about the election process
• organising hustings during election times for people who have a learning disability and family carers.
• campaigning for all political parties to create easy-read manifestos
• asking politicians to #BeTheChange for people who have a learning disability.

And the result?

More than 80 percent of people who engaged with #ENABLEtheVote used their vote in the Scottish Parliamentary Election in 2016, and 91 percent used their vote in the Local Council Elections in 2017.

It’s time to #ENABLETheVote 2021!