Curbside Voting
Curbside Voting: When a voter cannot enter a polling place, in some jurisdictions election officers are authorized to assist a voter with voting and casting a…
Definition
When a voter cannot enter a polling place, in some jurisdictions election officers are authorized to assist a voter with voting and casting a ballot outside of the polling place.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
The practice of bringing voting equipment or a ballot out to an automobile parked near a polling place so that a disabled person may vot e. Some jurisdictions specifically allow curbside voting by statute: “If any qualified voter is able to travel to the voting place, but because of age or physical disability and physical barriers encountered at the voting place is unable to enter the voting enclosure to vote in person without physical assistance, that voter shall be allowed to vote either in the vehi cle conveying that voter or in the immediate proximity of the voting place.” N. C. Gen. Stat. §163-166.9. Some jurisdictions maintain that polling place voting must occur inside the act ual polling place and do not allow curbside voting. A Sept. 30, 1993 finding by the Civil Right s Division of the Department of Justice