§ 211B.11 — Election Day Prohibitions
Plain-Language Summary
On election day, certain activities are banned near polling places. This includes soliciting votes, distributing campaign materials, and wearing political clothing or buttons within a restricted area around where people vote.
211B.11 ELECTION DAY PROHIBITIONS.
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Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places.
(a) A person must not:
(1) ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question; or
(2) wear, exhibit, or distribute any item that displays:
(i) the name, likeness, logo, or slogan of a candidate who appears on the ballot;
(ii) the number, title, subject, slogan, or logo of a ballot question that appears on the ballot; or
(iii) the name, logo, or slogan of a political party represented by a candidate on the ballot.
For purposes of this paragraph, “item” includes pamphlets, advertisements, flyers, signs, banners, stickers, buttons, badges, pencils, pens, shirts, hats, or any similar item.
(b) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) apply during voting hours:
(1) throughout the absentee and early voting periods:
(i) within a polling place; and
(ii) within 100 feet of the room in which a polling place is situated, to the extent practicable; and
(2) on the day of a primary or general election:
(i) within a polling place;
(ii) within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated; and
(iii) anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated.
(c) Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the distribution of “I VOTED” stickers as provided in section 204B.49. §
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1997 c 147 s 79] §
Subd. 3.Transportation of voters to polling place; penalty.
A person transporting a voter to or from the polling place may not ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter on primary or election day to vote or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question. §
Subd. 4.Penalty.
Violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.
History:
1988 c 578 art 3 s 11; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 32; 1993 c 223 s 25; 2014 c 288 art 2 s 8; 2017 c 92 art 1 s 27; 2023 c 62 art 4 s 129
History: History: 1988 c 578 art 3 s 11; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 32; 1993 c 223 s 25; 2014 c 288 art 2 s 8; 2017 c 92 art 1 s 27; 2023 c 62 art 4 s 129