A National Summit and Research agenda supporting voting by people with cognitive disability

Approximately 500,000 Australians with cognitive disability experience barriers to participating in democratic processes and, in particular, in casting their votes in local, state and national elections. This project builds on and scales up the ICanVote project nationally to address the democratic deficit experienced by people with cognitive disability across Australia.

Project Team:

Leads: Professor Keith McVillly, Disability & Inclusion, The University of Melbourne School of Social & Political Sciences, Assoc. Prof. Paul Ramcharan, The University of Melbourne School of Social & Political Sciences, Team: Nathan Despott, Ms Jenna Hepburn
Contact: Keith.mcvilly@unimelb.edu.au