Easy Read Manifestos

This months Mencap newsletter has a link to an article

Get my vote success as election draws nearer

The Easy Read versions of the Conservative,Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos can be downloaded from the article and you can Listen to people with a learning disability talk about why voting is important.
See more on voting from my blog

Learning about the election

Symbol World has a symbol supported election resource suitable for students with a learning disability. It was prepared for the 2005 election but apart from the results page it is still relevant. It has short sections on Political Parties,Voting,The Election and Parliament.
For further resources see my other blog entries on Politics

How shall I vote?

The first thing of course is to register to vote by Tuesday 20th April. This is also the date to arrange a postal vote(if you have already registered), Tuesday 27th is the cut off date for Proxy votes.
Visit About my Vote for further details.

To find out about the prospective parliamentary candidates the following websites give useful background information:

Your next MP

VoteGeek

For understanding of the issues and how to vote Promote the Vote is a site designed for adults with a learning disability.




Maggie Harnew on her Skillsworkshop blog has also highlighted

A polling station walk through

Also see my other blog entries on politics and voting