HOUSE BILL No. 4415


     March 6, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Anderson, Bogardus, Neumann, Rivet, Switalski, Gosselin, Woodward, Basham, Clark,
Plakas, Kilpatrick and Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Redistricting and Elections.


        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:

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

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      the polling room or in a compartment connected to the polling

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      room or within  100  50 feet from  any  AN entrance to the
   build-

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      ing in which the polling place is located shall not persuade or

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      endeavor to persuade a person to vote for or against  any  A par-

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      ticular candidate or party ticket, or for or against  any  A

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      ballot question that is being voted on at the election.  A person

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      shall not place or distribute stickers, other than stickers

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      provided by the election officials  pursuant to law  AS PROVIDED

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      BY THIS ACT, in the polling room or in a compartment connected to


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      the polling room or within  100  50 feet from  any  AN
   entrance

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      to the building in which the polling place is located.

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

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

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

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      partment connected to the polling room or within  100  50 feet

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      from  any  AN entrance to the building in which the polling place

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      is located.

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

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      distribute in a polling place, in  any  A hallway used by voters

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

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

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      material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an elec-

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

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

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

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      day.

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

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      misdemeanor.



















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