Accessible voting and curbside voting

Curbside voting

If you have limited mobility, you can vote "curbside," outside the polling place.^[1]

1. Go to your polling place.^[1]
2. Ask someone to go in and ask the poll workers to bring a ballot out to you.^[1]
3. Two election judges, one from each major party, bring you a ballot and what you need to vote.^[2] You must be within 200 feet of the polling place.^[2]
4. You mark the ballot.^[2] The judges seal it in an envelope and put it in the ballot box.^[2]

The poll workers should bring you a ballot within a reasonable time.^[1]

Accessible voting equipment

Every polling place must have an accessible voting system for voters with disabilities.^[1] It can read the ballot to you out loud, or make the text on the screen bigger.^[1]

A more accessible polling place

If you have a physical disability and your polling place is not accessible, you can ask the county board for a different one.^[1][2] You can also vote at a central polling place.^[1] Each local election office must have at least one central polling place that is easy to get into for voters with physical disabilities and older voters.^[3] Call the county board at 314-615-1800 to ask.^[4]

Absentee ballots for voters with a permanent disability

If you have a permanent physical disability, you can ask to be put on a special list.^[1] Then the county board mails you an absentee ballot application before each election.^[1] See Voting with a disability, and getting help at the polls.