Texas Election Code
§ 43.034 — ACCESSIBILITY OF POLLING PLACE TO THE ELDERLY AND PERSONS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES
EL § 43.034Title 4. TIME AND PLACE OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 43. POLLING PLACES · Art. B. BUILDING FOR USE AS POLLING PLACE
Statute text
View on source(a)Each polling place shall be accessible to and usable by the elderly and persons with physical disabilities. To be considered accessible, a polling place must meet the standards established under Article 9102, Revised Statutes, including the following standards:
(1)the polling place must be on the ground-level floor or be accessible from the ground-level floor by an elevator with doors that provide an opening of at least 36 inches in width;
(2)doors, entrances, and exits used to enter or leave the polling place must have a minimum width of 32 inches;
(3)any curb adjacent to the main entrance to a polling place must have curb cuts or temporary nonslip ramps;
(4)any stairs necessary to enter or leave the polling place must have a handrail on each side of the stairs and a nonslip ramp; and
(5)the polling place may not have a barrier that impedes the path of a person with physical disabilities to the voting station.
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Legislative history
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 622, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.