Disability - 25 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1504

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     § 1504.  Disability.
        (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.

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