§ 8-306. Voters; assistance to.
1.A voter who states under oath to\nthe board of inspectors that he requires assistance may be assisted in\nthe manner and subject to the conditions and requirements provided for\nin this section.\n 2. A board of inspectors of election shall assist any voter:\n (a) who informs such board, under oath, that he cannot read and\ntherefore requires assistance, or\n (b) who cannot even with the aid of glasses see the names printed on\nthe official ballot, or\n (c) who is so physically handicapped that he cannot do what is needed\nat that election to turn down the levers or use a write-in slot on a\nvoting machine, or mark a paper ballot, or\n (d) who, unless aided by another person, cannot enter a voting booth.\n 3. Any voter who requires assistance to vo
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§ 8-306. Voters; assistance to. 1. A voter who states under oath to\nthe board of inspectors that he requires assistance may be assisted in\nthe manner and subject to the conditions and requirements provided for\nin this section.\n 2. A board of inspectors of election shall assist any voter:\n (a) who informs such board, under oath, that he cannot read and\ntherefore requires assistance, or\n (b) who cannot even with the aid of glasses see the names printed on\nthe official ballot, or\n (c) who is so physically handicapped that he cannot do what is needed\nat that election to turn down the levers or use a write-in slot on a\nvoting machine, or mark a paper ballot, or\n (d) who, unless aided by another person, cannot enter a voting booth.\n 3. Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness,\ndisability or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a\nperson of the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent\nof the employer or officer or agent of the voter's union. A voter\nentitled to assistance in voting who does not select a particular person\nmay be assisted by two election inspectors not of the same political\nfaith. The inspectors or person assisting a voter shall enter the voting\nmachine or booth with the voter, help the voter in the preparation of\nthe voter's ballot and, if necessary, in the return of the voted ballot\nto the inspectors for deposit in the ballot box. The inspectors shall\nenter in the space provided for such voter in the computer generated\nregistration list, the name of each officer or person rendering such\nassistance.\n 4. An election officer or other person assisting a voter shall not in\nany manner request or seek to persuade or induce the assisted voter to\nvote any particular ticket, or for any particular candidate, or for or\nagainst any particular ballot proposal, and shall not keep or make any\nmemorandum or entry of anything occurring within the voting booth and\nshall not, directly or indirectly, reveal to any other person the name\nof any candidate voted for by such voter, or which ticket he has voted,\nexcept when required pursuant to law to give testimony as to such matter\nin a judicial proceeding.\n 5. A person other than an inspector, who assists a voter in voting,\nshall make an oath before entering the booth that he "will not in any\nmanner request, or seek to persuade or induce the voter to vote any\nparticular ticket or for any particular candidate, and that he will not\nkeep or make any memorandum or entry of anything occurring within the\nbooth, and that he will not, directly or indirectly, reveal to any\nperson the name of any candidate voted for by the voter, or which ticket\nhe had voted, or anything occurring within the voting booth, except when\nrequired pursuant to law to give testimony as to such a matter in a\njudicial proceeding."\n 6. If a voter makes any false representation to obtain assistance in\nvoting, he shall be punishable therefor as prescribed by law.\n 7. For the instruction of voters, there may be so far as practicable,\nin each polling place, a mechanically operated model of a portion of the\nface of the voting machine. Such model, if furnished, shall be located\nduring the election on the inspectors' table or in some other place\nwhich the voters must pass to reach the machine. Each voter, before\nentering the machine, shall, upon request, be instructed regarding its\noperation and such instruction illustrated on the model and the voter\ngiven opportunity personally to operate the model. The voter's attention\nshall also be called to the facsimile ballot so that the voter can\nbecome familiar with the location of the ballot proposals, if any, and\nthe location of the respective offices to be filled at the election. If\nany voter, after entering the voting machine booth and before the\nclosing of such booth, shall ask for further instructions concerning the\nmanner of voting, two inspectors of opposite political faith shall give\nsuch instructions to him. No inspector or other election officer or\nother person instructing a voter, shall, in any manner, request, suggest\nor seek to persuade or induce any such voter to vote any particular\nticket, or for any particular candidate or for or against any particular\nballot proposal. After giving such instructions, the inspectors shall\nretire and such voter shall then close the booth and vote as in the case\nof an unassisted voter.\n 8. In no event shall an inspector or any other person enter a voting\nmachine or booth for the purpose of giving instructions to a voter,\nafter the voter has closed such booth, except as permitted herein.\n 9. Any voter requesting a sample ballot shall be furnished one if\navailable and he may take it away from the polling place.\n