163-131. Accessible polling places.
(a) The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules to assure that any disabled or elderly voter assigned to an inaccessible polling place, upon advance request of such voter, will be assigned to an accessible polling place. Such rules should allow the request to be made in advance of the day of the election.
(b) Words in this section have the meanings prescribed by P.L. 98-435, except that the term "disabled" in this section has the same meaning as "handicapped" in P.L. 98-435. (1999-424, s. 3(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws
Article 12 - Precincts and Voting Places.
§ 163-128 - Election precincts and voting places established or altered.
§ 163-129 - Structure at voting place; marking off limits of voting place.
§ 163-130 - Satellite voting places.
§ 163-130.1 - Out-of-precinct voting places.
§ 163-130.2 - Temporary use of two voting places for certain precincts.