Outgoing co-chair of Vancouver City Planning Commission, Co-founder of Disability Filibuster, words in Policy Options, Macleans, CBC & chapter author in 3 anthologies. Disabled af. Poor af. Lived experience + learned expertise applied to policy analysis.
Gabrielle Peters
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Thanks go to @stephanieformayor.bsky.social for flagging this item and bringing it to my attention.
"Staff have worked diligently to plan a fair, accessible, and secure election, and are committed to improving the voter experience for the 2026 Vancouver election.”
Well then the staff have failed. Own up to your failure to make the election actually accessible and listen to the community!
I wrote about how City of Vancouver almost celebrated National Accessibility Week by voting to reduce voter accessibility in upcoming election. The motion wasn't defeated. The agenda item was just moved to June 9th.
Voter Suppression in Vancouver Election
open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...
“At the same time this is a black and white question of voter suppression. If the government does not create the conditions for people - all people - to cast a secret ballot then the government is failing at democracy not just accessibility.”
#vanpoli
"It’s very concerning to see the continued disregard for accessibility. Change is urgently due." - @stephanieformayor.bsky.social
There is no limit to the depravity of this practice and the proponents of it.
