(A) To fulfill the government's obligation to protect the voter and the integrity of the election process from actual or attempted fraud; from obstruction; from intimidation real or inferred; from attempted or actual vote buying; from invasion of privacy; from harassment, real, threatened or implied; and from hindrance or delay, all done under the disguise of electioneering, an electioneering-free zone is hereby established within 300 feet of the entrance to any building containing a polling place on any election day. No person shall, on the day of any election as established in KRS 118.025, intentionally invade the right of privacy of any person on his or her way to vote, or cause interference, harassment or alarm to any person on his or her way to vote. No person shall loiter or congregate in, or hinder or delay a voter, or solicit or attempt to influence any voter in casting his or her vote within this 300-foot campaign-free zone.
(B) Electioneering shall include the displaying of signs, the distribution of campaign literature, cards or handbills, the soliciting of signatures to any petition, or the solicitation of votes for or against any political party, candidate or question on the ballot in any manner.
(C) Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit electioneering conducted within the interior of a private residence or business establishment by persons having a leased or ownership interest in the property, within the campaign-free zone, provided that all electioneering activities are confined to the interior of the buildings and cannot be heard or observed by any voters going to the polling place. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the displaying of political signs on private property or private establishment within the campaign-free zone, regardless of the distance from the polling place, provided that the sign is not accompanied by a person and does not emit any sound and is not audio-visual or mechanical and no larger than 4 square feet in size.
(Ord. 04-31, passed 10-5-2004) Penalty, see § 30.99