B.__Subsection 2 does not prohibit media representatives from conducting an exit poll, as long as they do not solicit voters until after the voters have voted and do not orally communicate with voters in a way that influences a voter's vote.

C.__If a person attempts to influence voters or interfere with their free passage, the warden shall have that person removed from the voting place.

3.__Advertising prohibited.__A person may not display advertising material; operate an advertising medium, including a sound amplification device; or distribute campaign literature, posters, palm cards, buttons, badges or stickers containing a candidate's name or otherwise intending to influence the opinion of any voter within 250 feet of the entrance to either the voting place or the registrar's office.__The term "sound amplification device" includes, but is not limited to, sound trucks, loudspeakers and blowhorns.

A.__This subsection does not apply to advertising material on automobiles traveling to and from the voting place.__It does not prohibit a person from passing out stickers at the voting place to be pasted on the ballot at a primary election.__It does not prohibit a person who is at the polls solely for the purpose of voting from wearing a campaign button when the longest dimension of the button does not exceed 3 inches.

B.__Nonpolitical charitable activities and other nonpolitical advertising may be allowed at the discretion of the clerk if arrangements are made prior to election day.__ If arrangements are not made in advance of the election day, the warden may, at the warden's discretion, either allow or prohibit nonpolitical charitable activities and other nonpolitical advertising.

4.__Devices for audible communication.__Party workers or others may not use cellular phones, voice pagers or similar devices to make audible voice communication within the voting place that is in violation of subsection 2.

5.__Violation.__A person who knowingly engages in activities prohibited by this section commits a Class E crime.

Sec. 23. 21-A MRSA §698, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 310, §45, is further amended to read: