A New Brunswick man is opening the eyes of those around him to accessibility in the workplace.

Steven Porter is a valuable member of the Elections New Brunswick team.

Porter is the first person you'll meet when coming into the Estey's Bridge polling station.

Called a constable, Porter points voters in the right direction, although he can't see it himself.

“I've been doing this long enough that I know to look straight towards the voice, and they don't even realize,” says Porter. “I'm just so comfortable that they don't even notice.”

What the voters don’t notice is that Porter has macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa.

Diagnosed at a young age, Porter slowly lost his eyesight. By the time he was an adult, he could no longer see.

Porter approached Elections New Brunswick 20 years ago about getting involved.

“They were more uncomfortable than I was because they weren't sure how easily I would fit in or if there were any special arrangements they'd have to make. I adapt quite quickly and fit right in,” recalls Porter.

When voters come into the polling station, Porter hears the sound of footsteps and feels the presence of a person and steps forward to greet them.

“We go to great lengths actually to make the polls accessible to voters, so it's actually an easy jump to make it accessible to a worker as well,” says Jamie Nason, election clerk.

Nason, looked after some of the hiring for this municipal election. She encourages people of different abilities to try working at the polls.

“Whether they need to be seated, whether they can't stand all day, because it is a long day, so if they need seats, if they need table height, anything like that, to date we've been able to work with that and we're eager to,” says Nason.

“Promotes some awareness for people too, to realize that because I'm disabled or people are disabled doesn't mean they just sit at home and twiddle their thumbs all day. That they can actually get out and be a productive member of society,” says Porter.

You can find Porter at the Estey's Bridge polling location on May 9.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Laura Brown