Accessible election information "The voting experience should be independent from beginning to end" Maria Finström, Organization Secretary, FFVI Zero Project.

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Accessible election information "The voting experience should be independent from beginning to end" Maria Finström, Organization Secretary, FFVI Zero Project Conference , Vienna, Austria

Overview ● Problem: No accessible election information before 2011 ● Solution: Cooperation between the Ministry of Justice in Finland and the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired (FFVI) ● Implementation: Production and distribution of election information in audio/Daisy and Braille ● Funding: Ministry of Justice (production), Ministry of Social Affairs and Health (distribution) ● Based on: Agreement (but indirectly supported by the Non- Discrimination Act and the UN Convention)

What was done? ● The produced material included: ● Candidate lists from all electoral districts in Finland ● Information on advance voting and polling stations (contact information, opening hours) ● General information about elections ● The practice has been applied four times: 2011 (parliamentary), 2012 (presidential), 2012 (municipal), 2014 (European parliament) ● Figures: ● Finnish parliamentary elections, 2011: 2315 candidates ● Finnish municipal elections, 2012: candidates ● Elections for the European parliament, 2014: 251 candidates

Target group and costs ● Target group: approx persons ● Approx. 250 Braille users (Braille delivered only on demand due to high production costs) ● For example, the costs for producing material for parliamentary elections is approx euros (includes production costs)

Challenges ● The schedule is very strict: information is available only a month prior to the election → strict requirements on the production units! ● The practice is based on agreement and good contacts, rather than law → vulnerable? ● The election system in Finland is based on proportional representation (d'Hondt method) → difficult to replicate in different election systems?

Positive aspects ● Users have given only positive feedback → the service is requested and awaited ● The possibility to check the candidate lists independently, without assistance ● The method is very straightforward and cost-efficient Thank you!