Special assistance will be offered to four groups of voters at the November 4,
2014 General Election, Rogers County Election Board Secretary Julie Dermody said
today. Physically disabled voters who cannot enter the polling place, physically disabled
voters who need help marking their ballots inside the polling place, blind or visually
disabled voters, and illiterate voters may be assisted by a person the voter chooses. In all
cases, a person providing such assistance may not be the voter’s employer or an agent of
the employer or an officer or agent of the voter’s union. A person providing assistance
also must swear or affirm that the voter’s ballots will be marked in accordance with the
voter’s wishes. Alternatively, all blind, visually impaired, and physically disabled voters in
Rogers County may use the audio-tactile interface (ATI), a feature offered on all
Oklahoma voting devices, to vote privately and independently, either at Rogers County
Election Board during early voting or at their assigned polling place on election day.
Dermody also said that two other services are offered to voters at their polling
places. The next-of-kin of voters who have died, but whose registrations are still listed on
official voting records, can cancel those registrations by filling out a form at the polling
place and submitting it to precinct officials. Also, voters who have moved since the last election, but who have not transferred
their voter registration to their new address, may do so on election day by going to vote at
the polling place where their registration has been in the past. While voting, they may fill
out a form instructing the County Election Board to transfer their registration to the new
address before the next election. For additional election-related information, visit: www.elections.ok.gov.
