Voting if you have a visual impairment
Published: 16 October 2026
If you have a visual impairment, you can get support in various ways when you vote. You can request voting materials written in Braille, you can vote at a voting location with the help of a polling staff member, or you can vote from home if you can’t get to a voting location.
Request voting materials written in Braille
Before an election, you can request voting materials written in Braille and standard print on val.se.
The service usually opens two to three months before election day.
Get help with voting from home
If it’s difficult for you to get to a voting location or early voting location, you can vote from home or another place.
You can do this with the help of any the following:
- another person (a messenger)
- two polling staff members who can come to your home.
Polling staff who come to your home are known as “mobile polling staff”. This is a service that can be arranged by your municipality. Mobile polling staff always present their ID, and they have a duty of secrecy.
Voting from home or another place
Getting help at a voting location
You can always ask for help when you vote at your assigned voting location or at an early voting location.
Here are some examples of things that the polling staff can help you with:
- finding the right ballot papers
- putting your ballot papers in ballot envelopes
- finding your way to the voting booth
You can also write on the ballot papers in Braille.
All polling staff have a duty of secrecy.
Contact your municipality to find out which specific disability aids and adaptations are available at your assigned voting location.