| | | Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | | c. 447, §22, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Influence prohibited. Within | | 250 feet of the entrance to the voting place as well as within | | the voting place itself, a person may not: |
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| | | A. Influence another person's decision regarding a | candidate or ballot issue | | the election that day; or |
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| | | B. Attempt to influence another person's decision regarding | a candidate or ballot issue | | for the election that day. |
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| | | These limitations do not prohibit a candidate from attending the | | voting place and orally communicating with voters as long as the | | candidate does not attempt to influence their vote. A candidate | | may not state the name of the office sought or request a person's | | vote. |
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| | | Sec. 15. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | | c. 447, §22, is amended to read: |
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| | | 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 regarding a candidate or question that is on the | | ballot for the election that day on any public property located | | within 250 feet of the entrance to either the voting place or the | | building in which the registrar's office is located. The term | | "sound amplification device" includes, but is not limited to, | | sound trucks, loudspeakers and blowhorns. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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 |
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