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.
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 60, Imd. Eff. Feb. 22, 1972 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 261, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 156, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2012 Popular Name: Election Code
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law
Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)
116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)
Section 168.720 - Polls; Times of Opening and Closing.
Section 168.721 - Polls; Opening and Closing Governed by Central Standard Time.
Section 168.722 - Polls; Announcement of Opening and Closing.
Section 168.723 - Ballot Boxes; Examination, Locking.
Section 168.724 - Ballots; Opening Packages; Distribution of Pencils; Unused Absent Voters' Ballots.
Section 168.726 - Ballots; Delivery to Elector.
Section 168.727 - Challenge; Duty of Election Inspector; Indiscriminate Challenge; Penalty.
Section 168.728 - Challenges; Disposition.
Section 168.729 - Challenges; Oath, Questions as to Qualifications; False Statements, Penalty.
Section 168.730 - Designation, Qualifications, and Number of Challengers.
Section 168.734 - Challengers; Preventing Presence, Penalty.
Section 168.735 - Poll Book and Poll List; Contents.
Section 168.736a - Minor Child in Booth or Compartment.
Section 168.736b - Secrecy Sleeve; Primary Election; Instructions.
Section 168.736c - Secrecy Sleeve; General Election; Instructions.
Section 168.736d - Secrecy Sleeve; Nonpartisan Election; Instructions.
Section 168.736e - Secrecy Sleeve; Special Election; Instructions.
Section 168.736f - Ballot Marking Instructions; Limitation.
Section 168.736g - Discontinued Use of Secrecy Sleeve Defaced, Marred, or Containing Other Mark.
Section 168.737 - Repealed. 2012, Act 128, Imd. Eff. May 14, 2012.
Section 168.738 - Voting; Ballots; Folding; Deposit in Ballot Box; Rejection for Exposure.
Section 168.739 - Repealed. 2018, Act 120, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.
Section 168.740 - Voting; Ballots, Spoiling.
Section 168.741 - Voting; Unused and Spoiled Ballots; Preservation.
Section 168.742 - Voting; Time for Voting Ballot.
Section 168.743 - Voting; Ballots; Return by Elector; Failure; Arrest.
Section 168.744 - Prohibited Acts; Violation as Misdemeanor.
Section 168.745 - Ballot of Challenged Voter; Endorsement, Rejection.
Section 168.746 - Ballot of Challenged Voter; Endorsement Concealed, Identification Prohibited.
Section 168.747 - Contested Election; Challenged Voters' Ballots, Identification in Court.
Section 168.748 - Contested Election; Petition to Determine Qualifications of Electors.