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211B.11.1

Statute ID: 18670

Statute Function ID: 38046

Fair Campaign Practices - Election day soliciting prohibitions

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Statute Number:

211B.11.1

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2023

Effective Date:

Jun 15, 2023

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fair Campaign Practices - Election day soliciting prohibitions

Statute ID:

18670

Created:

Jun 1, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 1, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended C62 Art4 Sect129; Renumbered Legislation adds (a) (1) and (a)(2)

Summary Text:

Fair Campaign Practices - Election day soliciting prohibitions

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/211B/11.html

Legislative Session:

2023 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 1, 2023

(a) A person 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;

(ii) within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated; and

(iii) anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated.