Minnesota Statutes § 211B.11 ELECTION DAY PROHIBITIONS
Statute Text
Subdivision 1.
Soliciting near polling places.
(a)
A person
[may not display campaign material, post signs,]
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
[or]
;
(ii)
within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated
[, or]
; and
(iii)
anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated
[, on primary or election day to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question. A person may not provide political badges, political buttons, or other political insignia to be worn at or about the polling place on the day of a primary or election. A political badge, political button, or other political insignia may not be worn at or about the polling place on primary or election day. This section applies to areas established by the county auditor or municipal clerk for absentee voting as provided in chapter 203B]
.
(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[Repealed,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.
Source
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
History
Amended by 2023 Minn. Laws, ch. 62 , s 4-129 , eff. 6/15/2023 .
Amended by 2017 Minn. Laws, ch. 92 , s 1-27 , eff. 7/1/2017 .
Amended by 2014 Minn. Laws, ch. 288 , s 2-8 , eff. 5/22/2014 .
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