Hellendoorn ensures accessible voting for all in upcoming municipal elections
Residents of Hellendoorn with disabilities or visual impairments can vote independently in the 18 March municipal elections. Special tools like voting templates, audio assistance, and wheelchair-accessible polling stations ensure everyone can participate.
| Key Data Point | Details |
|---|---|
| Election Date | 18 March 2026 |
| Municipality | Hellendoorn |
| Accessible Polling Stations | All locations wheelchair, walker, and mobility scooter accessible |
| Assistive Devices Available | Magnifying glasses, voting templates, and audio voting boxes |
| Special Location | House of Culture and Government in Nijverdal |
| Audio Assistance | Headphones with spoken candidate lists; available for advance listening |
| Target Groups | Visually impaired, blind, dyslexic, or those with reading difficulties |
The municipality of Hellendoorn is responsible for organizing local elections and ensuring they are accessible to all residents. This includes implementing assistive technologies and infrastructure to support voters with disabilities, in line with Dutch electoral laws.
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Accessible voting for everyone
On 18 March, the municipal council elections will be held. You can vote at a polling station near you. Do you need extra assistance, for example because you have poor eyesight or difficulty walking? Then there are provisions to help you with that.
All polling stations are easily accessible
Do you use a wheelchair, walker or mobility scooter? Then you can easily go to any polling station in the municipality of Hellendoorn. All locations are fully accessible.
Assistive devices at the House of Culture and Government to vote independently
Each polling station has a magnifying glass with lighting. This helps if you have difficulty reading. Feel free to ask a staff member at the polling station for it. At the House of Culture and Government in Nijverdal, there is a voting template and a voting box to help you cast your vote. These are useful for people who are severely visually impaired or blind, dyslexic or have difficulty reading.
Voting template
A template that is placed over the ballot paper with tactile markings, numbers and braille. This allows you to find the correct box.
Voting box
With headphones, the voting box reads out the parties and candidates. This way, you can hear which number corresponds to which candidate.
You can also listen to the spoken candidate lists at home in advance. This is an audio file in which the names of all candidates are read out per party.
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