Comparing states re polling place politicking allowed

[Joy Anne]

My husband from South Carolina says that there no one with signs or literature is allowed within a hundred yards of a polling place and that he is amazed that in Pennsylvania we'll be stationing one cheerleader for our candidate at the door of each polling place in the district.

Which is typical of the other 48 states, and which is the outlier?

[msongs]

1. california has a distance, not sure what, several hundred feet anyway

[JusticeForAll]

2. Arizona

50 feet

[Tippy]

3. 100 ft. here in TN...n/t

[naufragus]

4. UMMMM....

they are walking in to vote...doesnt seem the are lileky to be swayed at that point.

you cant do taht in texas either. i covered the election in college one year and if remember i was allowed to only talk to people after they had voted

[sandnsea]

5. No, poll watchers

Because Rendell is the Governor, I bet the Pubs are spinning it into a Dem "cheerleader". I read that PA will have a state poll watcher at every polling place.

[Joy Anne]

8. not quite

At least two (at least one of which is a lawyer) trained PA Department of State employees at each county (67) election headquarters.

[sandnsea]

11. Thank you

I still bet it's the same "cheerleaders" the poster is referring to. You know how the right loves to twist things around.

[crispini]

6. 100 ft. in TX n/t

[Philostopher]

7. The limit for partisan campaigning, like handing out literature,

is something like ten yards from the door, in Ohio -- and they put little flags out at most polling places to remind the partisan campaign advocates where the line is.

But they're allowing partisan poll-watchers this year in the polling places, and apparently they'll be allowed to challenge 'certain' voters. Which is, I assume, to say obviously poor people, college kids and minorities will be challenged. Because who challenges middle class white people, who are presumed (wrongly) to be Republicans?

[Joy Anne]

9. Thanks

The early results show that South Carolina is more typical in this respect, and I lost the bet!

[Renew Deal]

10. 100ft from the entrance in NY

[PA Democrat]

12. PA states you may not campaign or pass out campaign literature

within 10 feet of the entrance to polling place.

[Joy Anne]

13. Ha!

When I was a Republican in Philly,* the ward leader would try to follow everyone behind the voting booth curtain: "I'm sure you need help with voting, don't you."

*It was a Republican neighborhood, and my late husband needed tickets fixed.

[liberal N proud]

14. Ohio: Each poll is allowed two "judges" from each party

Any other observers must stay 100' from polling place.

[MaineDem]

15. No signs/campaigning within 250' of entrance in Maine

Candidates can greet voters but they can't ask for a vote or discuss what they're running for.