HOUSE BILL No. 4856


     September 28, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Basham, Bogardus, DeHart, Schermesser and
Sanborn and referred to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1954 PA 116, entitled

   "Michigan election law,"

   by amending section 744 (MCL 168.744), as amended by 1995 PA

   261.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 744.  (1) An election inspector or any other person in

 2    the polling room or in a compartment connected to the polling

 3    room or within  100  50 feet from any entrance to
             the building in

 4    which the polling place is located shall not persuade or endeavor

 5    to persuade a person to vote for or against any particular candi-

 6    date or party ticket, or for or against any ballot question that

 7    is being voted on at the election.  A person shall not place or

 8    distribute stickers, other than stickers provided by the election

 9    officials pursuant to law, in the polling room or in a

10    compartment connected to the polling room or within  100
              50 feet


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 1    from any entrance to the building in which the polling place is

 2    located.

 3         (2) A person shall not solicit donations, gifts, contribu-

 4    tions, purchase of tickets, or similar demands, or request or

 5    obtain signatures on petitions in the polling room or in a com-

 6    partment connected to the polling room or within  100
              50 feet

 7    from any entrance to the building in which the polling place is

 8    located.

 9         (3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or

10    distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to

11    enter or exit a polling place, or within  100  50
             feet of an

12    entrance to a building in which a polling place is located any

13    material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an elec-

14    tion, a candidate, or a ballot question.  This subsection does

15    not apply to official material that is required by law to be

16    posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election

17    day.

18         (4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a

19    misdemeanor.



















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