Videos

Ahead of parliamentary elections in June 2014, the domestic observer alliance Democracy in Action (DiA), HandiKos, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) carried out disability access monitoring during the campaign period and on Election Day. This public service announcement informs the public about the challenges voters with disabilities ...

This 2012 news clip from news agency RT provides an overview of the public debate that emerged after a candidate with an intellectual disability ran for a seat on Ghent's City Council in Belgium. RT interviewed the candidate, Didier Peleman, as well as citizens of Ghent to explore the different ...

This video was produced by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the Philippines to encourage citizens with disabilities to vote and to provide information on the voting process, including instructions on which type of paperwork to bring and, if the voter with a disability would like assistance, directions for who ...

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from the Philippines generated a video for its poll workers that provides an overview of the rights of citizens with disabilities. The video also describes the different procedures for providing assistance to persons with various types of disabilities, and ends by encouraging poll workers to ...

In 2015, a team of Deaf leaders and sign language interpreters from Libya worked with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) to develop more than 200 standard vocabulary terms for election-related processes and procedures in an Arabic Sign Language. The lexicon has been distributed in Deaf schools and interpreting organizations ...

Amid Georgia's historic election that saw the first transfer of presidential power through the ballot box, the nation's civil society organizations and election administration made strides to ensure the political and electoral process was accessible and inclusive for all citizens, including those with disabilities. This video was produced by the ...

Self-advocates with disabilities produced a video to inform Croatians with disabilities about their right to vote in elections, after a new law was passed to remove the connection between legal capacity and the right to vote. The video was created by Udruga za Samozastupanje ("Association for Self Advocacy") and Association ...

In the United States of America, an organization called DisabilityRights Texas created a video for members of the state of Texas to provide a detailed explanation of their voting rights, what laws they are protected by, instructions for the voting process in Texas, and contact information for a local organization ...