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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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fact stated in such affidavit. Upon making and filing with the
judges such affidavit, the voter shall retire to one of said
booths or voting machines with any person [whom the voter may
select] OF THE VOTER'S CHOICE, OTHER THAN NOT TO INCLUDE THE
VOTER'S EMPLOYER OR AGENT OF THAT EMPLOYER OR OFFICER OR AGENT OF
THE VOTER'S UNION, or with two judges of opposite political
parties. Then and there the person whom the voter has selected,
or in case the voter has selected no one, one of said judges in
the presence of the other, shall mark the ballot or operate the
voting machine as such voter shall direct. The only assistance
which it shall be lawful for said person or for the said judges
to give the voter is to mark the ballot or operate the voting
machine, as the voter shall direct, without prompting or
suggestion from them, or either of them.
(2) If, however, any voter, after entering the voting
machine booth, shall ask for further instructions concerning the
manner of voting, then two of the judges of opposite political
parties shall give him such instructions, but no such judge
shall, in any manner, request, or suggest, or seek to persuade or
induce any such voter to vote any particular ticket, or for any
particular candidate, or for or against any particular question.
After giving such instructions, the judges shall retire, and the
voter shall forthwith vote.
(d) A voter may not be accompanied into a voting booth or
voting machine by any person over the age of five years unless
the affidavit required by subsection (c) has been accepted by the
election judges.
27-2.
(b) [Any otherwise qualified voter who is blind, physically
disabled or who has impaired vision and is for one of these
reasons unable to mark his absentee ballot and sign the required
oath, may be assisted in voting by any person selected by the
voter.] ANY REGISTERED VOTER WHO REQUIRES ASSISTANCE TO VOTE BY
REASON OF BLINDNESS, DISABILITY, OR INABILITY TO READ THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE OR WRITE MAY BE GIVEN ASSISTANCE BY A PERSON OF THE
VOTER'S CHOICE, OTHER THAN NOT TO INCLUDE THE VOTER'S EMPLOYER OR
AGENT OF THAT EMPLOYER OR OFFICER OR AGENT OF THE VOTER'S UNION.
Any person rendering assistance pursuant to this subsection shall
execute a certification to be included in the instructions
prescribed by § 27-8 of this article.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
Approved May 24, 1983.
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