S0421B1292A03398 AJB:AAS 10/24/19 #90 A03398
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 421
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HANBIDGE
Printer's No. 1292
Amend Bill, page 2, line 24, by inserting after "USED,"
for assistance in voting,
Amend Bill, page 19, line 22, by inserting after "(F),"
1218,
Amend Bill, page 43, by inserting between lines 28 and 29
Section 1218. Assistance in Voting.--
(a) [No] Except as provided under subsection (a.1), no voter
shall be permitted to receive any assistance in voting at any
[primary or] election, unless there is recorded upon his
registration card his declaration that, by reason of blindness,
disability, or inability to read or write, he is unable to read
the names on the ballot or on the voting machine labels, or that
he has a physical disability which renders him unable to see or
mark the ballot or operate the voting machine, or to enter the
voting compartment or voting machine booth without assistance,
the exact nature of such condition being recorded on such
registration card[, and unless the election officers are
satisfied that he still suffers from the same condition].
(a.1) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this act or any
other law or regulation to the contrary, a voter who, due to
blindness, disease or other disability, is physically unable to
enter a polling place where ballots or an electronic voting
system are used at any election may vote without leaving a motor
vehicle.
(2) The following apply:
(i) The regular voting procedures may be modified by the
election officer to the extent necessary to conduct voting under
this subsection.
(ii) If the exact nature of the voter's disability or
condition is not recorded on the voter's registration card, the
voter may provide evidence of a disability or condition in
accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth.
(iii) At least two election officers who are members of
different major political parties shall assist the voter by
providing the necessary ballots at the polling place entrance or
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curb, as the case may be.
(iv) After the voter is accepted for voting, the voter shall
mark the ballot and give it to the election officers who shall
deposit it in the ballot box. The voter may request additional
assistance as provided under subsection (a).
(v) On the voter's request, a person accompanying the voter
shall be permitted to select the voter's ballot and deposit the
ballot in the ballot box or enter the voting compartment or
voting machine booth in accordance with subsection (b).
(b) Any elector who is entitled to receive assistance in
voting under the provisions of this section shall be permitted
by the judge of election to select a person of the elector's
choice to enter the voting compartment or voting machine booth
with him to assist him in voting, such assistance to be rendered
inside the voting compartment or voting machine booth except
that the judge of election, a candidate for election, the
elector's employer or an agent of the employer or an officer or
agent of the elector's union shall not be eligible to assist the
elector.
(c) In every case of assistance under the provisions of this
section, the judge of election shall forthwith enter in writing
in a book to be furnished by the county board of elections, to
be known as the record of assisted voters--(1) the voter's name;
(2) a statement of the facts which entitle him to receive
assistance; and (3) the name of the person furnishing the
assistance. The record of assisted voters shall be returned by
the judge of election to the county board of elections with the
other papers, as hereinafter provided, and said county board
shall permit the same to be examined only upon the written order
of a judge of the court of common pleas: Provided, however, That
such record shall be subject to subpoena to the same extent to
which other election records may be subpoenaed: And provided
further, That the county election board shall permit any
registration commission to examine any records of assisted
voters without a court order, in order that the registration
commission may ascertain whether electors, who have declared, at
the time of registration, their need for assistance, actually
did receive assistance when voting at any election.
Amend Bill, page 98, by inserting between lines 2 and 3
(2) The amendment of section 1218 of the act shall take
effect in 60 days.
Amend Bill, page 98, line 3, by striking out "(2)" and
inserting
(3)
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