Accessible Voting

We are committed to aiding voters with disabilities and ensuring that everyone can exercise their right to vote. All Early Voting sites and Election Day polling places are fully accessible and supplied with equipment that helps voters with disabilities cast their ballots.

If you are a voter with a disability or need assistance, there are several voting options available to you. Read below for further information.

Assistance at the Polls

You can receive help at the polls during Early Voting or on Election Day. Your helper can assist you with marking and voting your ballot. You can choose anyone to help you except an agent of your employer or union. You can also request help from two election workers.

When you register to vote or update your record, you can check a box on the voter registration application saying that you will need assistance. Or, when you arrive at the voting site, you can complete a short form to request assistance. Your helper will also complete a form saying they will provide you with assistance.

If you have any questions about receiving assistance, please ask the clerk at the voting site when you go to vote. You can also call our office before you go to vote.

Voting Equipment

Accessible voting equipment is available at every Early Voting site and Election Day polling place. You can use it to mark your ballot in secret with little or no help from other people. For voters with blindness or low vision, the system has an audio feature that will read the ballot.

If you would like to use the accessibility features of the voting equipment, please ask the clerk at the voting site.

Accessible Voting-by-Mail

All voters can request a Vote-by-Mail ballot. With a Vote-by-Mail ballot, you can vote from the comfort of your home. You can have anyone (except an agent of your employer or union) help you mark your Vote-by-Mail ballot. However, you must sign the certificate on the envelope yourself.

Please visit our Vote-by-Mail page for information on how to request and return a Vote-by-Mail ballot.

Enhanced Ballot

Leon County voters with disabilities can choose to use an accessible Vote-by-Mail option called Enhanced Ballot. This allows voters with disabilities to interact with their Vote-by-Mail ballot using screen reader technology and other accessibility tools. You can mark the choices on your ballot without assistance from another person. After marking your ballot, you will need to print it out, seal it in a special envelope from our office, and return it to us by mail or drop box.

If you are a voter with a disability and would like to use Enhanced Ballot, please contact us at (850) 606-8683 or VBM@LeonVotes.gov.

Website Accessibility

We design our web site to meet or exceed accessibility standards set in law. To do so, we target Level AA conformance with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) industry standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. This means our content is accessible to most people in most circumstances.

We continually update our website to ensure the information, features, and content are accessible to persons with disabilities. If you encounter any difficulties or issues accessing any resources on our website, please let us know by completing a website feedback form.

Language Assistance

Ballots and other election documents are available in both English and Spanish. You can ask for a Spanish ballot at an Early Voting site or your Election Day polling place. You can also ask for a Spanish Vote-by-Mail ballot.

We use a translation hotline that can translate hundreds of languages into English. Using this service, we can provide you with assistance in your native language. This service is available over the phone, at each Early Voting site, and each Election Day polling place. If you need language assistance, please call our office or ask the clerk at the voting site.