3.A. The Voter
The voter (also known as "elector") is allowed in the Polling Room.
People who may accompany the voter into the Polling Room and to the voting booth are:
- The person assisting the voter, this link opens in a new browser tab..
- Children, this link opens in a new browser tab..
Friends of the voter who are not themselves voting, are not allowed to accompany the voter into the Polling Room and may wait within the Polling Place but outside of the Polling Room. Likewise, the voter's ride to the Polling Place may wait for the voter outside of the Polling Room.
Parents & spouses, especially like to linger in the Polling Room. The poll watcher can point it out to an Election Judge or pose a challenge. The poll watcher does not confront a person waiting in the Polling Room, it is reported to an Election Judge.
The number of people waiting to vote in the Polling Room are:
- If paper ballots are used in the Polling Place, a total of two (2) voters who have their issued ballots may be allowed to wait for a voting booth at any one time.
See: Waiting for an Open Voting Booth, this link opens in a new browser tab - If voting machines are used to vote in the Polling Place, the maximum number of voters allowed to wait in the Polling Room for a voting machine is twice the total number of voting machines in the Polling Place.
See: Waiting for an Open Voting Machine, this link opens in a new browser tab