SP0655, LD 1903, item 3, ‘An Act To Prohibit the Collection of Campaign Contributions at or near the Polls on Election Day’

Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘An Act To Prohibit the Collection of Campaign Contributions at or near the Polls on Election Day’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the following:

‘Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A. Collection of campaign contributions prohibited. On election day, 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 solicit or accept contributions for a campaign as defined in section 1052, subsection 1 or for the purposes of qualifying a Maine Clean Election Act candidate pursuant to section 1125. For purposes of this subsection, "contribution" includes a contribution as defined in section 1012, subsection 2 and a contribution described in section 1052, subsection 3, whether made to a political action committee or to a ballot question committee.’

Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

summary

This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, strikes and replaces the bill and provides a new title. The amendment prohibits the solicitation or acceptance of contributions for a campaign for the nomination or election of a candidate or a campaign to initiate or influence a ballot measure on public property within 250 feet of the entrance to the voting place as well as within the voting place itself on the day of an election.

SP0655 LD 1903	Session - 129th Maine Legislature C "B", Filing Number S-410, Sponsored by		LR 2918 Item 3
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