(a) Eligibility.--If a registered elector by reason of
blindness, disability or inability to read or write is unable
to read the names on the ballot or on the voting machine labels
or is unable to see or mark the ballot or operate the voting
machine or to enter the voting compartment or voting machine
booth without assistance, the following apply:
(1) The elector may, at least ten days prior to the
next election, personally make application to the commission
or a registrar or a clerk.
(2) The application must request the entry of the exact
nature of the disability on the elector's registration card.
(3) The commission shall make the entry as appropriate.
(4) If the disability is not entered on the registration
card, the elector may receive assistance if the elector
completes a declaration in the polling place.
(5) Following the election, the commission shall examine
declarations completed under this section and shall update
the elector's voter registration card to reflect the need
for assistance and the nature of the disability.
(b) Termination.--If the commission ascertains that a
registered elector who has declared need for assistance is no
longer in need of assistance, it shall cancel on the
registration record the entry relating to illiteracy or
disability which authorized assistance. The commission shall
notify the elector by mail of its action.§ § 1504Disability
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