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completed by the voter. For the 45 days preceding an election, | | during the hours when the clerk's office is open and may be | | conducting absentee voting, the display or distribution of any | | advertising material intended to influence a voter's decision | regarding a candidate or ballot issue | | that election is prohibited within the clerk's office and on public | property within 250 |
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| | | This subsection does not apply to the display or distribution of | | any campaign advertising material on private property that is | within 250 |
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| | | This subsection does not apply to campaign advertising material | | on automobiles traveling to and from the municipal office or | | parked on municipal property while the occupants are visiting the | | municipal office to conduct municipal business. It does not | | prohibit a person who is at the municipal office for the purpose | | of conducting municipal business or for absentee voting from | | wearing a campaign button when the longest dimension of the | | button does not exceed 3 inches. |
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| | | This bill accomplishes the following. |
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| | | 1. It reduces from 250 feet to 100 feet the distance from the | | entrance to the voting place within which a person, on public | | property, may not advertise, influence or attempt to influence | | another person's vote. |
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| | | 2. It prohibits a person from influencing or attempting to | | influence a person's decision on a question that is on the ballot | | for the election that day. |
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| | | 3. It specifies that the limitations on influencing or | | attempting to influence a person's decision do not prohibit | | pollwatchers, media representatives or persons collecting | | signatures for direct initiatives or ballot referenda, as long as | | certain conditions are met. |
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