34-2427. VOTERS WITH PHYSICAL OR OTHER DISABILITY. (1) The election board clerks shall instruct electors on how to record their votes on the voting machine or vote tally system, and shall give assistance to any elector who declares that he is unable by reason of physical or other disability to record his vote on the machine or vote tally system, and on request by the elector after he has entered the voting booth, shall give him the necessary information to enable him to record his vote.
(2) Any elector who, because of blindness, physical or other disability, is unable to mark his ballot shall, upon request, receive the assistance of the election board clerks or some other person chosen by the elector in the marking thereof. Such clerks or person shall ascertain the wishes of the elector and mark his ballot in accordance therewith, and shall thereafter give no information regarding such marking. Whenever an elector receives assistance in this manner, a clerk shall make a notation thereof in the combination election record and poll book following the name of the elector.
(3) If any elector, after entering the voting booth, asks for information regarding the operation of the voting machine or marking device, the election board clerks shall give him the necessary information.
History:
[34-2427, added 1970, ch. 140, sec. 158, p. 351; am. 1972, ch. 129, sec. 2, p. 257; am. 2010, ch. 235, sec. 20, p. 557; am. 2015, ch. 282, sec. 8, p. 1150.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 24 - VOTING BY MACHINE OR VOTE TALLY SYSTEM
Section 34-2401 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 34-2402 - AUTHORITY TO USE.
Section 34-2403 - APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.
Section 34-2404 - TAMPERING WITH MACHINES PROHIBITED.
Section 34-2405 - AUTHORITY FOR PROCUREMENT OF MACHINES.
Section 34-2406 - JOINT PURCHASE AND USE OF MACHINES AUTHORIZED.
Section 34-2407 - PURCHASE OF MACHINES — MANNER OF PAYMENT.
Section 34-2408 - PRIOR APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
Section 34-2409 - EXAMINATION OF MACHINES BY SECRETARY OF STATE PRIOR TO ADOPTION.
Section 34-2410 - SPECIFICATIONS FOR VOTING MACHINES OR VOTE TALLY SYSTEMS.
Section 34-2411 - DUTIES OF CLERKS OF ELECTION BOARDS.
Section 34-2412 - COMPOSITION OF PRECINCT ELECTION BOARDS.
Section 34-2413 - PREPARATION OF MACHINES FOR USE — INSTRUCTIONS.
Section 34-2414 - PRINTED MATTER AND SUPPLIES.
Section 34-2415 - PREPARATION OF POLLING PLACE FOR ELECTION.
Section 34-2416 - PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING MACHINES FOR AN ELECTION.
Section 34-2417 - NOTICE OF LOCATIONS OF VOTING MACHINES AND POLLING PLACES.
Section 34-2418 - BALLOTS AND BALLOT LABELS.
Section 34-2419 - ROTATION OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES.
Section 34-2420 - EXAMINATIONS OF FACE OF MACHINE DURING ELECTION.
Section 34-2421 - PROCEDURE IF A VOTING MACHINE BECOMES INOPERATIVE.
Section 34-2422 - CLOSING OF POLLS — DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO CLERK BEFORE POLLS CLOSED.
Section 34-2423 - ABSENT VOTING BY VOTING MACHINE OR PAPER BALLOT.
Section 34-2424 - PAPER BALLOTS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH VOTING MACHINES.
Section 34-2425 - PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLE BALLOTS.
Section 34-2426 - EXHIBITION OF VOTING MACHINES FOR INSTRUCTION OF VOTERS.