Some voters need assistance to exercise their right to vote. The precinct officials at your polling place are trained to offer assistance to voters who need it. Voter assistance is available for voters who are: • Physically disabled and unable to mark their own ballots • Unable to read • Blind or visually impaired • Physically disabled or infirm and unable to enter the polling place If you need assistance to vote, you may choose anyone you want to help you, as long as the person is not your employer or an agent of your employer or union. You may be assisted by a relative, a friend, or by one of the precinct officials at your polling place. Oklahoma election officials are working to locate all polling places in buildings which are handicapped accessible. Some physically disabled voters still may be unable to enter their polling places. If a physically disabled voter is unable to enter the polling place, two precinct officials will help the voter to vote outside the polling place. This procedure is sometimes called "curbside voting." Contact your local county election board office for more information. Absentee voting is also a choice for physically disabled and elderly voters. Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. You do not have to give a reason for voting by absentee ballot, however, voters who are physically incapacitated may give that as a reason for voting by absentee ballot. This allows them to take advantage of some special conditions in the law that may make absentee voting easier. Contact your local county election board office or the State Election Board for more information about voting by absentee ballot. A person who needs help to fill out the Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form may ask for assistance. The helper must write his or her name and address in the space provided on the application form. If a person wants to apply for voter registration but is unable to sign or mark the form, contact your local county election board or the State Election Board for more information. For additional information about voting in Oklahoma, contact your local County Election Board, or write or call the State Election Board: Oklahoma State Election Board P.O. Box 53156 Oklahoma City, OK 73152 Phone: (405) 521-2391 WWW: http://www.elections.state.ok.us Persons using a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the State Election Board's TDD at: (405) 521-3028. This number is reserved for TDD calls only.