1-20-16. Electioneering too close to the polling place.
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A. Electioneering too close to the polling place consists of, under color of law or otherwise, any form of campaigning within:
(1)one hundred feet of the building in which the polling place is located on election day when voting at a school, church or private residence; and
(2)one hundred feet of the door through which voters may enter to vote at the office of the county clerk, an alternate voting location, a mobile voting site or any location used as a polling place on election day that is not a school, church or private residence.
B. Electioneering includes the display or distribution of signs or campaign literature, campaign buttons, t-shirts, hats, pins or other such items and includes the verbal or electronic solicitation of votes for a candidate or question.
C. Whoever commits electioneering too close to the polling place is guilty of a petty misdemeanor, in addition to any other offense provided by law.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-20-14, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 440; 2011, ch. 137, § 104; 2026, ch. 58, § 15.