7.K. Voters Waiting To Vote Within the Polling Room
Voters who have not applied for a ballot must wait outside the Polling Room.
The number of voters allowed to wait inside the Polling Room depends on the number of voting booths or voting machines in use.
If the Polling Room is at capacity for voters waiting to vote, no additional voter may enter until another voter leaves. An Election Judge determines when a voter may enter the Polling Room and approach the ballot application station.
7.K.1. Waiting for an Open Voting Booth
Only two voters who have received ballots may wait in the Polling Room for an available voting booth.
The maximum number of voters in the Polling Room at any one time is the number of occupied voting booths, plus two voters who have been issued ballots and are waiting.
Voters waiting for a voting booth cannot enter the voting booth area or approach an occupied voting booth until there is an empty voting booth.
A voter who has been issued a ballot cannot leave the Polling Room until:
- The vote has been cast, this link opens in a new browser tab, or
- The ballot is returned to the election judge and marked "SPOILED", this link opens in a new browser tab.
7.K.2. Waiting for an Open Voting Machine
The maximum number of voters in the Polling Room waiting to vote at any one time is twice the number of voting machines.
Voters waiting to vote cannot enter the voting machine area or approach an occupied voting machine until a voting machine becomes unoccupied.
All other voters must wait outside of the Polling Room, but within the Polling Place until one voter leaves the Polling Room before another voter can enter the Polling Room.