She used Google’s translate app to scan a photo of the ballot and convert it to Russian. Education handily won Tuesday’s vote, with health care a close second as the key election issues for the group. Bill C-76 also gives citizens living abroad for more than five years the right to vote in federal elections again. “I’m still in my heart a Canadian … I don’t have the same attachments (to the U.K.),” Johnson said. David Lepofsky, a prominent accessibility advocate who is blind, said Bill C-76 is a baby step toward improving access for voters with disabilities.

Source: thestar May 04, 2018 20:37 UTC