(a) No electioneering is permitted within 300 feet of the entrance door of the polling building. On election morning, election officials are required to measure this area and post a sign designating the boundary. The measurement is made along normal access ways, but the zone refers to the entire area within 300 feet of the door in all directions. This prohibition means workers may not pass out campaign literature or approach voters, whether to advocate a candidate or issue or to simply "check" the name or party of those voting. It also prevents campaign signs, stickers or other paraphernalia within the zone. Drivers may deliver voters within the 300-foot area, but any campaign signs (except bumper stickers) must be taken off before entering the zone, and the driver must immediately leave the zone and wait until the voters have finished to reenter to pick them up. Drivers who deliver handicapped voters who will need assistance entering the polling place may park within the zone while helping the voter. Media representatives with credentials (including reporters and-photographers from newspapers, television, radio, and representatives of polling services) may be positioned within the 300-foot zone to interview voters coming and going to the polls. However, they may not campaign and they may not enter the polling building or photograph through windows into the polling room.
(b) Violations of the 300-foot rule are punishable by prosecution.
(Ord. 05-07. Passed 10-20-05.)