September 14, 2006, Introduced by Senators GOSCHKA and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
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:
Sec. 744. (1) An election inspector or any other person in the
polling room or in a compartment connected to the polling room or
within 100 feet from any entrance to the building in which the
polling place is located shall not persuade or endeavor to persuade
a person to vote for or against any particular candidate or party
ticket, or for or against any ballot question that is being voted
on at the election. A person shall not place or distribute
stickers, other than stickers provided by the election officials
pursuant to law, in the polling room or in a compartment connected
to the polling room or within 100 feet from any entrance to the
building in which the polling place is located.
(2) A person shall not solicit donations, gifts,
contributions, purchase of tickets, or similar demands, or request
or obtain signatures on petitions in the polling room or in a
compartment connected to the polling room or within 100 feet from
any entrance to the building in which the polling place is located.
(3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or
distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to
enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to
a building in which a polling place is located any material that
directly or indirectly makes reference to an election, a candidate,
or a ballot question. This subsection does not apply to official
material that is required by law to be posted, displayed, or
distributed in a polling place on election day.
(4) On election day, a person shall not use, operate, or
possess in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to enter
or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a
building in which a polling place is located a television, radio,
or other electronic device capable of transmitting or displaying
any material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an
election, a candidate, or a ballot question.
(5) (4)
A person who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor.