“My Right” – the national campaign for the realization of political rights for people with disabilities in Lebanon

Campaign teams monitored 138 out of 177 polling stations (78%) whose ground floors included rooms suitable for polling stations.

In dealing with disabled voters, 3% of the violations were related to security forces not facilitating the passage of disabled people’s cars, 5% did not allow disabled cars to park near the polling station, and 1% did not allow a disabled person to bring an assistant. At the polling station, it was observed that 1% were forced to finish the list outside the polling station, the head of the polling station dropped the list for 4% of disabled voters, the head of the polling station treated 1% of them with compassion, the head of the polling station pressured 1% of disabled voters to speed up the voting process, and there was chaos and shoving in 7% of the polling stations. The remaining 22% of the violations were distributed to other addresses.

It was observed that disabled voters continue to be carried on stairs where there are no facilities or equipment, and some had to be carried to the upper floors in dangerous and dehumanizing situations, and some disabled voters were treated with ridicule by the representatives of some lists.