2.2.5 Curbside Station

2.2.5      Curbside Station

Every voting site in North Carolina has an area where qualified voters (see next paragraph) may vote curbside, both during the one-stop absentee voting period and on election day.  The curbside station is located immediately outside a voting site, either in the vehicle that conveyed the voter to the voting place or in a space immediately proximate to the voting place. 

A person is “qualified” to vote curbside when, whether because of age, physical disability or physical barriers encountered at the voting place, he or she is unable to enter the voting place or enclosure to vote without physical assistance.

The chief judge or a judge of election may assist the voter or designate one of the precinct assistants to assist the voter. The designated official or “curbside attendant” shall approach the vehicle and determine the person(s) voting curbside.

A voter who wishes to vote curbside shall first be sworn by a precinct election official, and shall then execute a curbside affidavit declaring his or her eligibility as a curbside voter. The ballot(s) shall then be delivered to the voter who shall first mark and then hand the ballot(s) back to the assisting precinct election official. The executed ballot(s) shall be delivered to one of the judges of election, who shall deposit the ballot(s) in the proper tabulation counter, while announcing “Curbside Ballot.” The signed affidavit shall be delivered to a different judge of election.

The voter and any assisting person shall be entitled to the same assistance and subject to the same restrictions in marking the ballot as is authorized for persons voting inside the voting site. In those precincts using voting machines, the county board of elections shall furnish paper ballots of each kind for use by persons authorized to vote outside the voting place by this section. In any precinct using electronic voting equipment, the county board of elections, with the approval of the State Board of Elections, may provide for all such paper ballots to be transported upon closing of the polls to the office of the county board of elections for counting.

2.2.5.1      Curbside Station Supplies

Each curbside attendant must have available a Voting Site Station Guide. In addition, the curbside attendant must have the following:

1.       curbside log

2.       curbside affidavit (if applicable)

3.       privacy sleeve

4.       help referral form

5.       pens!!!

2.2.5.2      Opening procedures for the Curbside Station:

1.       Check that the curbside alert system is setup and working.

2.       Have a clipboard available with the curbside log (or curbside affidavits, if applicable).

2.2.5.3      Voting day procedures at the Curbside Station:

1.       Be alert for curbside voters.

2.       Give all curbside voters the curbside oath.

3.       Record curbside voters on a curbside log.

4.       Ask each voter to confirm his or her current address and ask whether the voter has moved.

2.2.5.4      Closing procedures for the Curbside Station:

1.       Secure the curbside log/curbside affidavit along with the vote authorizing documents for return to the county board of elections office.

2.       For counties that use electronic voting equipment, count the curbside ballots and ensure that the number of ballots match the number of voters on the curbside log.

3.       Assist the chief judge in completing the Ballot Chain of Custody & Reconciliation Form.

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