On Tuesday, 26 October, at 10:00 Strasbourg time, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will issue an important judgment concerning the accessibility of polling stations to persons with disabilities. This will be the first time that the Court will rule on the accessibility and rights of disabled persons in elections. The case was initiated by Franc Toplak and Iztok Mrak from Slovenia, who both had muscular dystrophy, and claimed that polling places were inaccessible in the 2015 gay marriage referendum and the 2019 European Parliament elections.
