[
    {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "in%20Elections%20Ontario%27s%20post-election%20report%20to%20the%20Legislature%20about%20the%202025%20ontario%20election%2C%20does%20it%20state%20the%20number%20of%20voters%20with%20disabilities%20who%20used%20Elections%20Ontario%27s%20ballot-marking%20device%20(assisted%20voting%20terminal)%20in%202011%20and%20how%20that%20number%20has%20dropped%20since%202011%20when%20it%20was%20first%20introduced%3F%20what%20verbatim%20does%20it%20say%20re%20the%20number%20of%20voters%20who%20used%20that%20voting%20tool%20in%20the%202025%20election%3F"
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    {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "In Elections Ontario\u2019s *2025 Post-Event Report* (titled *What It Takes to Always Be Ready: Evaluations, lessons learned, and opportunities for legislative reform*), there is a section \u201cUse of Assistive Voting Technology\u201d (AVT) that gives the number of voters who used the ballot-marking/\u201cassistive voting terminal\u201d device in the 2025 Ontario election. ([elections.on.ca](https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2025/reports/2025%20General%20Election%20-%20Post-Event%20Report.pdf?utm_source=openai))\n\n### What the report says verbatim about 2025 usage\n\nHere is the exact text:\n\n> \u201cIn 2025, only **42 electors** requested to use AVT, in **26 electoral districts**, representing **fewer than 0.001 per cent of all voters**. While usage has remained very low over successive elections, Elections Ontario continues to make the technology available to ensure equitable access for those who require it.\u201d ([elections.on.ca](https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2025/reports/2025%20General%20Election%20-%20Post-Event%20Report.pdf?utm_source=openai))\n\n### What the report says about 2011 and the change since then\n\nThe report does *not* appear to provide a number for the year **2011** in that same \u201cUse of Assistive Voting Technology\u201d section, nor does it give a direct comparison of how the 2025 number (42 electors) relates to 2011 usage in terms of specific numbers or percentage decline *since 2011*. ([elections.on.ca](https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2025/reports/2025%20General%20Election%20-%20Post-Event%20Report.pdf?utm_source=openai))\n\nHowever, there is relevant earlier material in the **2018 Accessibility Status Report** that mentions 2011:\n\n> \u201cHowever, the number of AVT users continues to decline \u2014 **in 2011, there were 161 users, and in 2018, only 80**.\u201d ([elections.on.ca](https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2020/reports/2018%20Status%20Update%20to%20the%20Multi-Year%20Accessibility%20Plan.pdf?utm_source=openai))\n\n### Summary\n\n- In **2025**, the report states: *\u201conly 42 electors requested to use AVT\u2026\u201d* ([elections.on.ca](https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2025/reports/2025%20General%20Election%20-%20Post-Event%20Report.pdf?utm_source=openai))  \n- For **2011**, the report doesn\u2019t give a number in the 2025 document, but in the 2018 Status Report it states there were **161 users** in 2011, and **80 in 2018**, showing a decline. ([elections.on.ca](https://www.elections.on.ca/content/dam/NGW/sitecontent/2020/reports/2018%20Status%20Update%20to%20the%20Multi-Year%20Accessibility%20Plan.pdf?utm_source=openai))  \n- The 2025 report *does not* quote the 2011 number directly in the AVT section, nor give a numeric \u201cdrop since 2011\u201d in 2025 context. So the only verbatim number for 2025 in the post-event report is **42**.  \n\nIf you want, I can try to find any electoral district-level breakdowns or other years (like 2014, 2018, 2022) to show the trend more fully."
    }
]