§ 1306.1Assistance in Voting by Certain Absentee Electors

Any elector qualified to vote an official absentee ballot
in accordance with the provisions of section 1301, subsection
(k), may receive assistance in voting (1) if there is recorded
on his registration card his declaration that he has a physical
disability which renders him unable to see or mark the official
absentee ballot, the exact nature of such disability being
recorded on such registration card; (2) if such elector
requiring assistance submits with his application for an
official absentee ballot, a statement setting forth the precise
nature of the disability which renders him unable to see or
mark the official absentee ballot and that to the best of his
knowledge and belief he will still suffer from the said physical
disability at the time of voting his official absentee ballot.

He shall acknowledge the same before an officer qualified to
take acknowledgment of deeds. Such statement shall be in
substantially the following form:
   Statement of Absentee Elector Requiring Assistance
I, ............................................, hereby state
       (Name of voter requiring assistance)
that I require assistance in marking the official absentee
ballot for the primary or election held ..................,
                                             (Date)
19..., that will be issued to me for the following reason:
..........................................................
              (Insert nature of disability)
              ...........................................
              (Signature or mark of elector)
...................................
  (Date of signature or mark)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:
                                        ss
County of ..................:
   On this..........day of.........., 19...., before me,
...................., the undersigned officer personally
appeared......................., known to me (or satisfactorily
proven) to be the person whose signature or mark appears on the
within instrument and acknowledged the same for the purposes
therein contained.
   In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official
seal
                                      .........................
                                           (Title of Officer)
   Upon receipt of the official absentee ballot, such elector
requiring assistance may select a person to assist him in
voting, such assistance to be rendered in secret: Provided,
however, That the person rendering assistance may not be the
elector's employer or an agent of the employer or an officer
or agent of the elector's union. The person rendering the
assistance in voting shall complete, date and sign the
declaration in such form approved by the Secretary of the
Commonwealth, or substantially in the form as set forth below,
that the person has caused the elector's ballot to be marked
in accordance with such elector's desires and instruction. Such
declaration form shall be returned to the county board of
elections in the mailing envelope addressed to the county board
of elections within which the small "official absentee ballot"
is returned.
   Declaration of Person Rendering Assistance
I, ..........................................,
    (Name of Person rendering assistance)
hereby declare that I have witnessed the aforesaid elector's
signature or mark and that I have caused the aforesaid elector's
ballot to be marked in accordance with the desires and
instructions of the aforesaid elector.
               ...............................................
                (Signature of Person Rendering Assistance)
               ...............................................
                                   (Address)
   (1306.1 amended Dec. 9, 2002, P.L.1246, No.150)