§11-139  Voting assistance.  (a)  Any
voter who requires assistance to vote may be given assistance by a person of
the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent of that employer
or agent of the voter's union, or the voter may receive the assistance of two
precinct officials who are not of the same political party.  A voter needing
assistance may be handed a ballot outside the polling place but within one
hundred feet thereof or within the polling place parking lot by the precinct
officials and in their presence but in a secret manner, mark and return the
same to the precinct officials.



(b)  The precinct officials shall enter in
writing in the record book the following:



(1)  The voter's name;



(2)  The fact that the voter cannot read the names on
the ballot, if that is the reason for requiring assistance, and otherwise, the
specific physical disability which requires the voter to receive assistance;
and



(3)  The name or names of the person or persons
furnishing the assistance. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1972, c 158, §2; am L
1973, c 217, §1(tt); am L 1985, c 203, §5; am L 2002, c 89, §1]