BY DAKOTA TAIT
Prepoll booths have opened across the Hunter this week, as voters rush to beat the crowds on May 21.
There were still waits of up to ten minutes at a booth on King Street in Newcastle's CBD.
But some voters in wheelchairs had to have their ballots brought out to them, after they struggled to make it up the stairs at the polling booth.
A centre at the Toronto Amateur Sailing Club told a similar story, with many people with disabilities also finding it difficult to make it up the narrow stairs.
It's understood neither site, both in population centres, has ramp access, Labor's Candidate for Hunter Dan Repacholi writing on social media, there was "heavy machinery travelling along the walkway".
Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon and Mr Repacholi have both written to the Electoral Commission about the issues.
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| Image credit: Dan Repacholi. |
