The Wire

It’s a human right that most of us take for granted, but confidential voting is something the visually impaired have rarely had access to. In the 2007 federal election, the trial of computerized voting for the visually impaired provided everyone in the country with the right to privacy while voting. But the parliaments electoral matters committee has deemed the process too expensive, with a per vote cost of over $2,500. The committee has recommended that the system be scrapped. In retaliation, some advocacy groups for the visually impaired have called for a boycott of the next federal election.