The Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs, Alexia Manombe-Ncube, has urged people with disabilities to go to the polling stations and cast their votes. She says people using wheelchairs should go to polling stations accessible to them. 

Voting is not only a right but a duty of all eligible voters to participate in the electoral process.

Deputy Minister of Disability Affairs Alexia Manombe-Ncube visited polling stations checking accessibility for persons with disabilities. 

"Most of the places where I've gone except some schools, some old schools that are not accessible but provisions are made. It's been announced that people with disabilities, particularly those in wheelchairs, must try and go to places that are more accessible in their areas where they are."

For people with visual impairments, braille ballot papers will be provided by ECN.

As for the long queues, people with disabilities will be allowed to go in front of the line, just like the elderly and pregnant women.

"Even myself, when I go, I'm being told, please just pass by, not because I'm an MP but even before that. I am really urging people with disabilities to go out in numbers to vote because the vote is your voice, so make sure that your voice is heard when the new government comes in." 

According to ECN figures, 21,700 people with disabilities are registered to vote.