Nevada’s Deputy Secretary of State for Elections, Mark Wlaschin, sent a memo Thursday to county clerks and registrars around the state. In it, he reminded them about electioneering rules for the upcoming 2024 election.
The memo spells out rules against campaigning near polling stations. It defines electioneering as any activity that promotes or opposes candidates, ballot measures or political parties. This includes putting up signs, handing out flyers or wearing political clothing or badges.
Electioneering is not allowed within 100 feet of polling place entrances. Wlaschin said that these rules aren’t meant to stop people from voting just because they’re wearing something political and can’t easily take it off or cover it up. In these cases, election workers are told to help these voters cast their ballots quickly and to promptly leave polling areas.
“These restrictions are not intended to prohibit a person from voting solely because he or she is wearing a prohibited political insigne and is reasonably unable to remove the insigne or cover it,” he wrote.
The rule also applies to areas in jails where people in custody might be voting. Wlaschin said it’s against the law for anyone to ask for votes or talk to voters about how to mark their ballots within the 100-foot area.
Restrictions do not apply to private homes or businesses that happen to be within the 100-foot radius of a polling place.
Source: SOS
