If a voter needs assistance because of a disability, inability to read or write, difficulty with English, or other reasons, the voter has several options.  The voter may:

1. Get assistance from a person of the voter's choice, except the voter's employer, an officer or agent of the voter's union, or a candidate for election.
2. Get the assistance of two Election Judges from different parties
3. Use the AutoMARK: Each polling place must have at least one voting machine accessible to disabled individuals, called the AutoMARK. It allows blind voters and those who have trouble marking the ballot themselves to vote independently by allowing voters to indicate their choices using a touch screen or headphones in combination with a keypad marked in Braille. The voter enters their choices and the AutoMARK prints the ballot for them. It does not count the votes or retain their choices. The voter then deposits their ballot into the optical scan ballot counter along with everyone else's.
4. Get the assistance of two individuals from different parties selected by the Election Judges
5. Use curbside voting: An individual who is unable to enter a polling place may register and vote without leaving their vehicle. Two election judges who are members of different major political parties will come outside to assist the voter.

The election judges or other individuals who assist the voter may not request, persuade, induce, or attempt to persuade or induce the voter to vote for any particular political party or candidate.

An individual assisting a voter may not reveal to anyone the name of any candidate for who the voter has voted or anything that took place while assisting the voter.

Limits on assistance:

• An individual (other than an Election Judge) may not assist more than 3 voters in marking their ballots.
• However, there is no limit on the number of voters that an individual may help (including translation, disability or literacy issues) as long as they do not accompany the voter into the voting booth.

Persons assisting voters must not mark the ballot if the voter cannot communicate his or her intent. It is not enough to "know" how the voter wants or might want to vote. The voter must be able to express their preference and direct the person providing assistance to mark their ballot. If the voter cannot communicate his or her intent in a way in which the assistant can understand, the assistant must not mark the ballot - doing otherwise is a gross misdemeanor. (Minnesota Statutes, section 204 C.16)