PUBLIC Law Chapter 568

advertising material intended to influence a voter's decision

regarding a candidate or ~~ballot issue~~ question on the ballot for

that election is prohibited within the clerk's office and on public

property within 250 feet of the entrance to the building in which

the clerk's office is located.

This subsection does not apply to the display or distribution of
any campaign advertising material on private property that is
within 250 feet of the entrance to the building in which the
clerk's office is located.

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.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble,
this Act takes effect when approved.

Effective April 11, 2006.

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