New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 15 - STATE › Chapter 10 - ELECTIONS › Subchapter 6 - VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED › Section 15:10-6.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Accessible" means the environment that will permit individuals with disabilities and the elderly to operate independently with comparative ease under normal circumstances and with little or no assistance.
"Accessible route" means a continuous, unobstructed path connecting all accessible elements and spaces in a building or facility that can be negotiated by an individual with a disability. Interior accessible routes may include corridors, floors, ramps, elevators, lifts, and clear floor space at fixtures. Exterior accessible routes may include parking access aisles, curb ramps, walks, ramps, and lifts.
"Act" means the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act, Public Law 98-435.
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of New Jersey.
"Curb ramp" means a short ramp cutting through a curb or built up to it.
"Disability" means a temporary or permanent physical disability.
"Disabled" means having a temporary or permanent physical disability.
"Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.
"Election" means the procedures whereby the electors of this State or any political subdivision thereof elects persons to fill public office or pass on public questions.
"Election aids" means telecommunication devices, sample ballots, large print voting instructions, and vote by mail ballots.
"Physical disability" means a physical impairment which confines a person to a wheelchair, causes a person to walk with difficulty or insecurity, affects the sight or hearing to the extent that a person functioning in public areas is insecure, or reduces mobility, flexibility, coordination, and perceptiveness to the extent that facilities are needed to provide for the safety of that person.
"Physically disabled" means a person with a physical impairment which confines a person to a wheelchair, causes a person to walk with difficulty or insecurity, affects the sight or hearing to the extent that a person functioning in public areas is insecure or reduces mobility, flexibility, coordination and perceptiveness to the extent that facilities are needed to provide for the safety of that person.
"Polling location" means the structure in which a polling place is located.
"Polling place" means the room or space that has been provided for the purpose of voting at a Federal primary, special, or general election.
"Polling Place Accessibility Checklist" means worksheets prepared by the Secretary of State submitted to each county board of elections for the purposes of evaluating the accessibility of polling sites within their jurisdiction.
"Polling Place Accessibility Report" means a worksheet prepared by the Secretary of State and submitted to each county board of elections for the purpose of compiling accessibility results from their Polling Place Accessibility Checklist.
"Polling Place Accessibility Certification to Designate Polling Places Outside 1,000 Feet of an Election District and Lists of Polling Places Outside 1,000 Feet of an Election District" are worksheets developed by the Division of Elections, Secretary of State, to be used by the county board of election when a suitable polling place cannot be located within the election district or within 1,000 feet from the boundary line.
"Polling Place Accessibility Waiver" means a written waiver granted by the Secretary of State to a county board of elections permitting the county to utilize an inaccessible polling site under certain circumstances.
"Polling Place Accessibility Waiver Request" means a worksheet developed by the Secretary of State, to be used by the county board of elections to request exemption(s) pursuant to applicable law, due to the inability to make an inaccessible polling site accessible, or to relocate such a site to an alternative accessible location. Only two such waivers shall be granted for such polling place and each waiver shall be one year in duration.
"Ramp" means a structure, either temporary or permanent, which has been constructed to bridge any change in level of five feet or less on an accessible route of travel to a polling place.
"Secretary of State" means the Secretary of State of New Jersey.
"Temporary" means a facility or structure that is not of permanent construction but is extensively used or essential for public use during Federal elections.
"Voting Accessibility Advisory Committee" means a group of individuals that shall be established by the county executive or the governing body to assist the board in interpreting and implementing the provisions of the Act.