Norfolk’s 56 polling places are accessible to disabled and elderly voters.  If a voter is physically unable to enter the polling place, an Officer of Election may take a ballot to the voter’s car. The voted ballot is sealed in an envelope and given to the Officer. The sealed envelope is placed in the locked Emergency Ballot Box until the polls close, and all ballots in the Emergency Ballot Box are counted in accordance with the Code of Virginia.

Norfolk's new touch-screen voting equipment provide a voice guided ballot for the visually impaired which allows them to cast their ballot in private.

If the voter needs assistance in voting due to blindness, a physical disability or an inability to read or write, assistance in voting may be requested.  The assistant may not be the voter’s employer or agent of that employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union. With the exception of a blind voters and their assistants, it will be necessary for the voter and the assistant to sign or make a mark on a Request for Assistance form, and provide an address. If the voter is unable to sign or make a mark, the Officer of Election will indicate that the voter is unable to sign the Request form. The assistant must agree to vote the ballot as the voter instructs; to make no attempt to influence the voter; and agree not to divulge how the voter voted. 

Blind voters and their assistants must provide name and address, but are not required to sign the Request for Assistance form.