Unauthorized people are not allowed to enter the polling place during the hours the polls are open or the ballots are being counted. The law limits those authorized to enter, specifying only the following:
(a) A person entering to vote.
(b) A person providing assistance to an illiterate or disabled voter who cannot vote alone.
(c) The recorder or clerk, on official business.
(d) The county clerk, county prosecutor, or secretary of state, or full time employees of those officials.
Family members of poll-workers, candidates, people delivering lunch, members of the press, and political workers are not allowed to enter the polling building, except when entering to vote. Voters should not be allowed to loiter in the polling place after casting a ballot.
(Ord. 05-07. Passed 10-20-05.)