The IMM recommends that the Government:

99. Review the parameters for disqualification of voters subject to the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 and the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 to ensure conformity with the Disability Convention.

100. Implement legislation and other measures to increase accessibility of election processes for disabled people, co-designed with disabled people. Making Disability Rights Real | Whakatūturu Ngā Tika Hauātanga37

101. Work closely with disabled people and the Electoral Commission to ensure that information about local and general elections can be provided in accessible formats, and that the necessary supports are in place to ensure that there is not a disproportionate exclusion from voting of people with an intellectual impairment.

102. Review the support for disabled candidates and electoral processes; and resource and provide reasonable accommodations at both local and central government levels.