Published: 10 June 2026
Do you need assistance with voting? If so, support is available both at the voting location and when voting early. If you can’t get to a voting location, you can vote from home. You can either ask someone else to help you, or some polling staff can come to your home.
You can get help voting from a messenger or two polling staff members who can come to you.
You can get assistance with voting at a voting location or early voting location if you need it.
You can use voting materials in Braille when voting or ask a polling staff member for help.
Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions about the assistance you can get with voting if you have a disability, voting by messenger, and getting help from the polling staff.
Yes. You can ask the polling staff for help at the voting location. We will publish a list of voting locations in June. You can then check for details about accessibility.
If you are unable to get to a voting location, you can vote from home.
You can’t vote on a relative’s behalf, but you can help them to vote by messenger. This means that you can be their messenger and bring their vote to their assigned voting location or an early voting location.
Special materials and a witness are required in order to vote by messenger.
Find out more about how your relative can get help with voting from home:
A personal assistant or someone else can accompany you if you need support. But if you need assistance at the voting booth or at the ballot paper display rack, a member of the polling staff must also be present. Polling staff have a duty of secrecy.
