lg:handicap.pr     95-408           Contact: Sara Harris, 
                                             (301) 217-6450
      
ALTERNATE POLLING PLACES      
FOR HANDICAPPED VOTERS              For Immediate Release: Dec 11, 1995


            Handicapped voters who live in precincts where the polling place 

is not accessible because of structural barriers may be assigned to an 

alternate polling place, if such is available.  An application for

reassignment must be made to the elections office no later than 9 p.m.,

February 5, 1996, four weeks prior to the Presidential Primary Election

on March 5, 1996.


You may check your Voter Notification card for Accessibility status or

you may call the Supervisors of Election at 217-6450.

      
To request an application form, voters should call the elections office,

217-6450.  Election officials urge that you submit your request as soon

as possible.


Reassignment is permitted by law if a barrier-free polling place is 

available in a precinct which has a ballot identical to the one in which

the voter resides.


If a satisfactory substitute polling place is not available, or if the

voter with a disability does not wish to be reassigned, voting by 

absentee ballot is an alternative.  The deadline for receipt of an
      
application for an absentee ballot is February 27, 1996.  For 

information on absentee voting, call the Absentee Voting Department, 

217-6460.