Accessibility statement

This website is run by the Electoral Management Board for Wales. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

• change colours, contrast levels, and fonts using browser or device settings

• zoom in up to 400% without the text spilling off the screen

• navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software

• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

Feedback and contact information

What to do if you cannot access parts of this website

If you need the information on this website in a different format like large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

Email emb@dbcc.gov.wales

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact The Electoral Management Board for Wales:

Email emb@dbcc.gov.wales

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Electoral Management Board for Wales is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is fully compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

PDF documents

Electoral address PDF documents submitted by Election Agents, Individuals or Party Candidates, or Nominating Officers were not fully available at the time of the audit, and some may not be accessible. We have strongly encouraged that election address content to be provided in plain text as well, so that it can published in HTML alongside the PDF.

If you cannot access election address information in a PDF document and a text alternative is not available, you can request an alternative format by emailing emb@dbcc.gov.wales.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 20 February 2026. It was last reviewed on 05 March 2026.

This website was last tested on 18 February 2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard. The test was carried out by Storm ID.

An automated evaluation of all pages was completed using Playwright and Axe.

Testing with automation, manual evaluation, code inspection, and using assistive technologies was completed on a representative sample of web pages of each content type.

Review with assistive technology was completed using the following tools and browsers:

• NVDA and Chrome on Windows

• VoiceOver and Safari on both MacOS and iOS

• Talkback and Chrome on Android