State Board Of Elections Addresses Voter Assistance
Last updated 11/2/2020 at 3:58pm
Recently, questions have arisen about the law pertaining to assistance to voters at voting sites. The State Board of Elections will investigate credible allegations of improper assistance.
The following are guidelines regarding assistance to voters:
State and federal law provide disabled and illiterate voters the right to request assistance from a person of the voter’s choice, except for the voter's employer or agent of that employer or an officer or agent of the voter’s union.
There are no legal restrictions on the number of times a person can assist different voters, if the vot...
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