| | Sec. 14. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | c. 447, §22, is amended to read: |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 On public property 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 question that is on the ballot for | the election that day; or |
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| B. Attempt to influence another person's decision regarding | a candidate or ballot issue question that is on the ballot | 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| | Sec. 15. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§3, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, | c. 447, §22, is amended to read: |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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