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ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 652
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Terms and Definitions

Section 652:16-h

    652:16-h Electioneering. –
Electioneering means visibly displaying or audibly disseminating information that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure being voted. Electioneering includes, but is not limited to:
I. Wearing clothing or paraphernalia that displays a candidate's name, likeness, or logo, a ballot measure's number, title, subject, or logo, a political party's name or logo, or any communication that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure. A person who is eligible to vote or register to vote in the voting district who is unable to reasonably remove or cover such clothing may wear such clothing in the polling place while actively and expeditiously engaged in the process of registering to vote or while actively and expeditiously engaged in the process of voting.
II. Distributing or posting a card, handbill, poster, placard, picture, pin, sticker, circular, or any other form of communication that a reasonable person would believe explicitly advocates for or against any candidate, political party, or measure.

Source. 2020, 36:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2025, 217:1, eff. Sept. 13, 2025.