1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; clarifying prohibitions on soliciting at or near a polling place;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 211B.11, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 211B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places. A person may must not display campaign 
1.7 	material, post signs, ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter within 
1.8 	a polling place or within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated, or 
1.9 	anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated, on primary or election 
1.10 	day to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question. A person may not 
1.11 	provide political is prohibited from providing badges, political buttons, or other political
1.12 	insignia to be worn related to a candidate, political party, or ballot question on the ballot 
1.13 	at or about within 100 feet of the polling place on the day of a primary or election. A political
1.14 	person is prohibited from wearing a badge, political button, or other political insignia may 
1.15 	not be worn related to a candidate, political party, or ballot question  at or about within 100 
1.16 	feet of the polling place on primary or election day. This section applies only during voting 
1.17 	hours to areas a person in an area established by the county auditor or municipal clerk for 
1.18 	absentee voting as provided in chapter 203B.
1.19 	Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the distribution of "I VOTED" stickers as provided 
1.20 	in section 204B.49.