(1) Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:

(a) "Accessible" describes the combination of the various elements of the built environment as prescribed by these rules which allows unimpeded entrance to, emergence from, and use of polling place facilities by individuals with disabilities or elderly electors.

(b) "Circulation route" means a continuous path of travel from the street or parking area to the polling place building, into and through the polling place building to the voting area, and includes both horizontal and vertical travel.

(c) "Elderly" means 65 years of age or older.

(d) "Election" means an election conducted by the authority defined in 13-1-104(1) and 13-1-107, MCA.

(e) "Exterior circulation route" means that part of a circulation route from the street or parking area to the point of entry to the polling place building.

(f) "Inaccessible" means not accessible under standards adopted pursuant to 13-3-205, MCA.

(g) "Individuals with disabilities" means:

(i) individuals with impaired vision;

(ii) individuals with impaired hearing;

(iii) individuals with impaired mobility, including wheelchair users and those who are ambulatory but who are nevertheless impaired by age, disability, or disease; and

(iv) individuals with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, who have a history or record of such an impairment, or who are perceived by others as having such an impairment.

(h) "Interior circulation route" means that part of a circulation route from the point of entry to the polling place building through the polling place building to the voting area.

(i) "Rural polling place" means a location that is expected to serve less than 200 registered electors.