Equipment to Assist Voter in Marking the Ballot
Every polling place has an ExpressVote, an accessible ballot-marking device for voters with disabilities. This device lets you mark your ballot on your own and in private, without needing a pen. The screen can show the ballot in large print or with a high-contrast background. It can also read the ballot aloud through headphones. You can make your selections using a touchscreen or a Braille keypad.
After you finish marking your ballot with the device, you will get your ballot back. Then, you can place it in the ballot tabulator with the rest of the ballots.
ExpressVote is only a ballot-marking device and does not count or tabulate ballots.
Assistance Available
- Voters unable to enter a polling place may, with the assistance of two election judges of different political parties, register and vote without leaving their vehicles.
- Voters unable to complete election forms may have election judges complete all forms, and may mark forms for signature if unable to sign their name.
- Voters who need help translating and marking the ballot may have an individual of the voter's choice help, or two election judges of different political parties help.
Vote by Absentee Ballot
Voters permanently unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability may apply to automatically receive absentee balloting materials. Requests for absentee balloting materials are taken year-round.
Agent Delivery
During the seven days preceding an election, an eligible voter who is a patient of a health care facility or who would have difficulty getting to the polls because of incapacitating health reasons or a disability may designate an agent to deliver the ballot to the voter.
The voted ballot must be returned no later than 8 p.m. on Election Day. The voter must complete an affidavit requesting that the agent deliver the ballot in a sealed transmittal envelope. The affidavit must include a statement from the voter stating that the ballot was delivered to the voter by the agent in the sealed transmittal envelope.
An agent may deliver ballots to no more than three persons in any election. (MN Statute 203B.11 subd. 4).