49.90 - ASSISTING VOTER.
49.90 ASSISTING VOTER.
Any voter who may declare upon oath that the voter is blind,
cannot read the English language, or is, by reason of any physical
disability other than intoxication, unable to cast a vote without
assistance, shall, upon request, be assisted by the two officers as
provided in section 49.89, or alternatively by any other person the
voter may select in casting the vote. The officers, or the person
selected by the voter, shall cast the vote of the voter requiring
assistance, and shall thereafter give no information regarding the
vote cast. If any elector because of a disability cannot enter the
building where the polling place for the elector's precinct of
residence is located, the two officers shall take a paper ballot to
the vehicle occupied by the elector with a disability and allow the
elector to cast the ballot in the vehicle. Ballots cast by voters
with disabilities shall be deposited in the regular ballot box, or
inserted in the tabulating device, and counted in the usual manner.
Section History: Early Form
[C97, § 1118; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 807; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, § 49.90; 81 Acts, ch 34, § 31] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1291, § 9; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §16; 2007 Acts, ch 190,
§25; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §35
Referred to in § 49.88, 49.89, 52.26, 53.22