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211B.11.1(b)

Statute ID: 18675

Statute Function ID: 38051

Fair Campaign Practices - Time, place and manner restrictions when (a) is applicable

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Statute Number:

211B.11.1(b)

Enactment Date:

May 24, 2023

Effective Date:

Jun 15, 2023

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Fair Campaign Practices - Time, place and manner restrictions when (a) is applicable

Statute ID:

18675

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:

Summary Text:

Fair Campaign Practices - Time, place and manner restrictions when (a) is applicable

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.