Question: What if I make a mistake marking my ballot?
Answer: If you have not already placed your ballot in the electronic tabulator or ballot box, you may ask a poll worker for another ballot. The poll worker will spoil your first ballot so that it cannot be counted or reused.
Q: Are candidates allowed to campaign outside my polling place?
A: Yes, electioneering or campaigning is permitted outside the polling place. However, this activity must not be closer than 30 feet to the entrance of the polling place. If the polling place is located in a room within a building, the campaigning must not be closer than 30 feet to the entrance of the building.
Q: Can a candidate assist me in marking my ballot?
A: Yes, if you ask the candidate to help you. The only people who cannot assist a voter are the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer or an officer or agent of the voter's union.
Q: Can I wear campaign buttons or t-shirts with political advertisements into the polling place?
A: Yes. However, you should not loiter or leave any campaign materials in the polling place.
Q: Can I carry a sample ballot into the voting booth?
A: Yes. However, you should not leave the sample ballot in the polling place.
Q: If constitutional amendments are included on the ballot, must I vote on them?
A: No. You are not required to vote on constitutional amendments. Similarly, you are not required to vote in all races on the ballot. Participation is your choice.
Q: Can I take photographs or videotape inside my polling place?
A: Each voter has a right to cast a ballot in secrecy and in private. The U.S. Department of Justice has advised that photography or videotaping inside a polling place does not serve any useful purpose and may instead actually intimidate voters who are exercising their right to vote. However, voters are permitted to take a picture of or with their ballot, as long as they do not disclose the content of any other voter's ballot or disrupt the voting process.
Q: Can I take a cell phone into my polling place?
A: Yes. However, use of the phone in the polling place should not disturb other voters or disrupt the polling place. If your cell phone has a camera, you cannot take photographs or film video inside the polling place. Each voter has a right to cast a ballot in secrecy and in private.
*Source: Elections Division Office of the Secretary of State
