[Adopted 9-4-2014 by Ord. No. 661]
A.
A voter who requires assistance in casting a ballot or an absentee
ballot by reason of disability, inability to write, or inability to
read the ballot may be assisted by an individual other than:
B.
An individual rendering assistance under this section shall execute
a certification that he or she is not prohibited from providing the
voter with assistance as provided herein. The individual providing
assistance, who is not an election judge, may enter the voting booth
with the voter under the supervision of a representative of the Board
of Supervisors of Elections.
No person, including candidates, campaign staff, volunteers,
or those opposed to a candidate or in favor of or opposed to any proposition
on the ballot, shall engage in electioneering, distribution of campaign
materials or sample ballots, or the posting of political signage within
100 feet of any polling place within the Town between the hours of
6:45 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. on the day of any election. The Board of Supervisors
of Elections shall conspicuously mark the one-hundred-foot distance
from each polling place not later than 6:45 a.m. on the day of each
election.
[Amended 8-6-2020 by Ord. No. 708]
A.
Designation and removal of challengers and watchers.
B.
Rights of challengers and watchers. Except as provided in Subsection D of this section, a challenger or watcher has the right to:
(1)
Enter the polling place 10 minutes before the polls open;
(2)
Enter or be present at the polling place at any time when the polls
are open;
(3)
Remain in the polling place until the completion of all tasks associated
with the close of the polls and the election judges leave the polling
place;
(4)
Maintain a list of registered voters who have voted, or individuals
who have cast provisional ballots, and take the list outside of the
polling place; and
(5)
Enter and leave a polling place for the purpose of taking outside
of the polling place information that identifies registered voters
who have cast ballots or individuals who have cast provisional ballots.
C.
Certificate.
(1)
Form; submittal.
(a)
A certificate, in a form approved by the Board of Supervisors
of Elections, signed by any party or candidate shall be sufficient
evidence of the right of a challenger or watcher to be present in
the voting room.
(b)
The certificate shall be submitted to the Town Clerk not later
than seven calendar days prior to the election.
(2)
A challenger or watcher shall be positioned near the election judges
and inside the voting room so that the challenger or watcher may see
and hear each person as the person offers to vote.
Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter 10 of the Code or Article V of the Charter of the Town of Denton is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both.
