(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 handicapped and elderly voters.

(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) "Handicapped" means:

(i) those with impaired vision;

(ii) those with impaired hearing, and

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

(g) "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.