Casting your vote or running for office as a visually impaired person is possible today, but it's not an experience free from challenges. Fredrik Stockhaus, a blind politician from Sweden, and Armin Rabitsch, the Democracy and Election Expert of Election-Watch.EU, reflect on the current state of this subject for blind and partially sighted people across the European Union.  Furthermore, Luana Schena, from one of our Swiss members, the Swiss Federation of the Blind and Visually Impaired (SBV FSA), gives us a better insight into the latest updates around SBV FSA.