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High Court determines that the government was obliged to provide facilities, where available, for voters with visual impairment to mark their ballot papers without assistance.
Elections and referendums - rights of visually impaired person - Electoral Regulations 2016 [S.I. 537 of 2016] - change in ballot paper template pending outcome of action - s. 94(5)(j) of the Electoral Act 1992, as amended by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 - whether government obliged to facilitate blind and visually impaired persons to vote by secret ballot in elections and referendums - Article 16 of the Constitution - voting by secret ballot - when court should intervene - availability of "tactile voting devices" (TVDs) - delay in introducing 2016 regulations - Council Decision 76\787\EEC (as amended by Council Decisions 93\81\EC and 2002\772\EC) and Council Directive 93\109\EC.
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