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An Act To Prohibit Campaign Fund-raising at the Voting Place
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  21-A MRSA §682, sub-§3-A  is enacted to read:
 
3-A.  Fund-raising prohibited.     On public property within 250 feet of the entrance to the voting place as well as within the voting place itself, a person may not collect or solicit campaign contributions related to a party, candidate or question.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits the collection or solicitation by any person of campaign contributions related to a political organization, candidate for elected office or proposition submitted to voters on public property within 250 feet of the entrance to the voting place as well as within the voting place itself.