Prawo do głosowania osób niewidomych, słabowidzących i ociemniałych – zagadnienia wybrane

The universal participation of citizens in elections is an independent constitutional value. Therefore, there is no doubt that if in practice there are barriers which prevent voters from casting a vote, it means that the electoral law system fail at guaranteeing the implementation of the constitutional principle of universality of elections to a satisfactory extent. In relation to persons with disabilities, these barriers are of various kind as a result of the many types of disabilities. They will be different for people with physical disabilities, different for people with intellectual disabilities, and different for people who are blind and partially sighted. It is the latter group of voters that the author has analysed in detail, highlighting the barriers they face and, on the other hand, drawing attention to the improvements foreseen in the Electoral Code and implementing acts that aim to eliminate these barriers.