13-3-207. Polling place classifications. (1) As a result of the survey provided in 13-3-206, each polling place must be classified as:
     (a) accessible;
     (b) inaccessible;
     (c) technically inaccessible but usable; or
     (d) rural.
     (2) An accessible polling place is one that meets the standards for accessibility established by the secretary of state under 13-3-205.
     (3) An inaccessible polling place is one that does not meet the standards for accessibility and cannot be made accessible through safe, practical, and cost-effective methods.
     (4) A technically inaccessible but usable polling place is one that does not meet all the standards for accessibility but has been surveyed, evaluated, and certified as being adequate for use as a polling place. The certification is cause for the secretary of state to grant the polling place an exemption from the standards for accessibility. However, in a future election, the secretary of state may issue an objection to the criteria used for determining that the facility is usable as a polling place.
     (5) A rural polling place is one that serves less than 200 registered electors and is:
     (a) granted an exemption from the standards for accessibility established under 13-3-205; and
     (b) subject to review and redesignation 45 days prior to an election.
     (6) A rural designation may not be construed as cause for denying electors with disabilities or elderly electors at a polling place the right to choose an alternative means for casting a ballot on election day as provided in 13-3-213.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 200, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 472, L. 1997.