The practice of bringing voting equipment or a ballot out to an automobile parked near a polling place so that a disabled person may vote. 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 vehicle 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 actual polling place and do not allow curbside voting. A Sept. 30, 1993 finding by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice stated that curbside voting meets the requirement of the ADA. PROGRAM ACCESS
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The practice of bringing voting equipment or a ballot out to an automobile parked near a polling place so that a disabled person may vote. 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 vehicle 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 actual polling place and do not allow curbside voting. A Sept. 30, 1993 finding by the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice stated that curbside voting meets the requirement of the ADA. PROGRAM ACCESS
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Curbside Voting. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 20, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/curbside-voting
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