IMPROVEMENTS will be made after a disabled voter complained he could not access a polling station.
The man, who has not been named, was unable to get into a polling station at West Tanfield, near Masham.
Hambleton District Council, which oversees elections in the area, has pledged to make sure this does not happen again.
Martyn Richards, the council's head of legal and democratic services, said: "He was unable to gain access because of his disability and we have checked it and written to apologise.
"As a council, we have got some money set aside to do work at polling stations so this should not be an issue again."
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