Requirements: To qualify to get help in voting, you will need one of the following: Your registration card may note that you need assistance; or You must fill out and sign a form provided by the poll workers explaining your Unlike some states that permit self-declaration of disability, Pennsylvania requires the name and phone number of their physician. Safeguards: Voters have historically been required to vote alone, due to concerns of voter bribery, or fraud. As a result, the voting process is very formal, and records are everything. When a voter receives assistance in voting, the Judge of Elections is required to enter following in the of Assisted Voters” “Record – The name; A statement of why the voter needs assistance; and The name of the person who helped. This record is returned to the County Board of Elections and may be examined only written order of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Requirements: To qualify to get help in voting, you will need one of the following: Your registration card may note that you need assistance; or You must fill out and sign a form provided by the poll workers explaining your Unlike some states that permit self-declaration of disability, Pennsylvania requires the name and phone number of their physician. Safeguards: Voters have historically been required to vote alone, due to concerns of voter bribery, or fraud. As a result, the voting process is very formal, and records are everything. When a voter receives assistance in voting, the Judge of Elections is required to enter following in the “Record of Assisted Voters” – The name; A statement of why the voter needs assistance; and The name of the person who helped. This record is returned to the County Board of Elections and may be examined only written order of a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.