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VOTERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Need special help?

If you cannot read or write, or you have a physical disability that prevents you from reading or marking the ballot, tell the election official that you need help to vote. You do not have to provide proof of your disability.

  1. You may be assisted by a person of your choice, by two election workers on Election Day, or by one election worker during early voting. You may NOT be assisted by your employer, an agent of your employer, or an officer or agent of your union.
  2. The person assisting you must read the entire ballot to you, unless you request that only certain parts of the ballot be read aloud.
  3. The person assisting you must take an oath that he or she will not try to influence your vote, will mark your ballot as you direct, and will not tell anyone how you voted.
  4. If you choose to be assisted by polling place officials, then poll watchers and/or state and federal election inspectors may observe the voting process to make sure the ballot is marked as you request. If you are assisted by a person of your choosing, no one else may watch you vote.
  5. If you cannot speak English, or if you communicate only with sign language, you may select any registered voter of your county to help you communicate with election officials. If you cannot read the languages on the ballot, your interpreter may translate the ballot for you in the voting booth.