§ 168.744Prohibited acts; violation as misdemeanor

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Sec. 744.
    (1) An election inspector or any other person in a polling room, in a compartment connected
 to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place
 is located shall not persuade or endeavor to persuade a person to vote for or against any
 particular candidate or party ticket or for or against any ballot question that is being voted on
 at the election. A person shall not place or distribute stickers, other than stickers provided by
 the election officials pursuant to law, in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a
 polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is
 located.
    (2) A person shall not solicit donations, gifts, contributions, purchase of tickets, or similar
 demands, or request or obtain signatures on petitions in a polling room, in a compartment
 connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a
 polling place is located.
    (3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or distribute in a polling place, in any
 hallway used by voters to enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a
 building in which a polling place is located any material that directly or indirectly makes
 reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question. Except as otherwise provided in
 section 744a, this subsection does not apply to official material that is required by law to be
 posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election day.
    (4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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