34 Pa. Code § 95.56

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 95.56 - Voters with a disability

The Board and the parties will provide an opportunity to vote with reasonable accommodation to a voter who because of a physical disability is unable to participate in an election in the manner directed in an election order. Voters with a physical disability who require assistance should contact the Board at either 1601 Labor and Industry Building, Seventh and Forster Streets, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120, (717) 787-1091, or 1513 Pittsburgh State Office Building, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, (412) 565-5318. Either prior to or during the prehearing conference conducted under § 95.46 (relating to prehearing conferences) or as otherwise directed by an agent of the Board, the parties to the election shall inform the Board of the circumstance of a disabled voter to allow a ballot to be made available to the voter to be marked and returned to the Board in time for the ballot count. An eligible voter, party or agent of a party to the election may not render assistance to a voter with a disability.

34 Pa. Code § 95.56

The provisions of this § 95.56 adopted October 23, 1970, effective 10/24/1970, 1 Pa.B. 419; amended June 2, 1995, effective 6/3/1995, 25 Pa.B. 2182.

The provisions of this § 95.56 amended under section 502 of the Public Employe Relations Act (43 P. S. § 1101.502); section 4(f) of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act (43 P. S. § 211.4(f)); and the act of June 24, 1968 (P. L. 237, No. 111) (43 P. S. §§ 271.1-271.12).

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 93.18 (relating to elections).