1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; changing provisions governing
1.3 	certain conduct in or near polling places; changing
1.4 	certain election day prohibitions; amending Minnesota
1.5 	Statutes 2004, sections 204C.06, subdivision 1;
1.6 	211B.11, subdivision 1.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204C.06,
1.9 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subdivision 1.Lingering near polling place.  An
1.11 	individual shall be allowed to go to and from the polling place
1.12 	for the purpose of voting without unlawful interference.  No one
1.13 	except an election official or an individual who is waiting to
1.14 	register or to vote shall stand on any private or public parcel
1.15 	of property on which a building containing a polling place is
1.16 	located, or inside that building, or within ~~100~~ 500 feet of
1.17 	the property line of any private or public parcel of property on
1.18 	which a building containing a polling place is located, or
1.19 	within a building 500 feet in any direction from the entrance to
1.20 	a polling place.  The entrance to a polling place is the doorway
1.21 	or point of entry leading into the room or area where voting is
1.22 	occurring.

1.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 211B.11,
1.24 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.25 		Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places.  A person
1.26 	may not display campaign material, post signs, ask, solicit, or
2.1 	in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter:
2.2 	(1) within a polling place ~~or within 100 feet of the~~
2.3 	~~building in which a polling place is situated, or~~ ;
2.4 	(2) within the building in which the polling place is
2.5 	located;
2.6 	(3) anywhere on the public or private parcel of property on
2.7 	which a building containing a polling place is situated; or 
2.8 	(4) within 500 feet in any direction horizontally or
2.9 	vertically of the property line of a public or private parcel of
2.10 	property on which a building containing a polling place is
2.11 	situated,
2.12 	on ~~primary or~~ any election day to vote for or refrain from
2.13 	voting for a candidate or ballot question or to otherwise
2.14 	conduct any activity related to the election.
2.15 	A person may not keep a record of individuals arriving at
2.16 	or departing from the polling place or, within 500 feet of the
2.17 	polling place, ask whether an individual has voted in the
2.18 	election.A person may not provide political badges, political
2.19 	buttons, or other political insignia to be worn at or about the
2.20 	polling place on the day of a primary or election.  A political
2.21 	badge, political button, or other political insignia may not be
2.22 	worn at or about the polling place on primary or election day.
2.23 	This section applies to areas established by the county auditor
2.24 	or municipal clerk for absentee voting as provided in chapter
2.25 	203B.
2.26 	The secretary of state, county auditor, municipal clerk, or
2.27 	school district clerk may provide stickers which contain the
2.28 	words "I VOTED" and nothing more.  Election judges may offer a
2.29 	sticker of this type to each voter who has signed the polling
2.30 	place roster.