1. Polling Place Surveys: Must Haves Electioneering: Do’s and don’ts
MAEO 2019
Polling Place Surveys:
Must Haves
Electioneering:
Do’s and don’ts

2. Polling Place Evaluation Forms
The Polling Place Evaluation program:
Polling Place Evaluations are required to be submitted to SBE as part of the Comprehensive Audit.
Section 2, Part B:
Polling Place Operations.
Not only do the evaluations provide valuable and helpful information about the activities at polling places, the data can also assist with the development of training resources.

3. Polling Place Evaluation Forms
Reminders for Evaluators:
Remember to review evaluations for any questions you may have missed before leaving the polling place.
If there are no voters present during the time you are at the polling place, please make sure to note this near the questions that can’t be answered.

4. Polling Place Evaluation Forms
Reminder: Review
I. Outside the polling place Is anyone electioneering
within the “No Electioneering”
zone?
4A. Check in Judges: Did the check-in judges ask
for ID from all voters?

5. Polling Place Evaluation Forms
Question IX: Other Issues
If there were one or more issues, remember to describe what the issue was and what actions were taken as a response in the ‘IX. Other Issues’ section.
Feel free to include positive feedback about the election judges and/or polling place in this section as well!

6. Do you have questions or feedback about the Polling Place Survey?
Polling Place Evaluation Forms
Do you have questions or feedback about the Polling Place Survey?

7. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS

8. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
The100 ft limit
COMMON QUESTION
The No Electioneering boundary falls in an awkward place, such as the middle of the street or in the woods. Can the boundary be moved?
*Montgomery County: The boundary can be between 25 ft and 100 ft

9. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
The100 ft limit
Electioneering: DO
ELECTION LAW:
When necessary,
the No Electioneering boundary can be moved even if it ends up more or less than 100 feet from the polling place entrance.*
*(Between 25 feet and 100 feet for Montgomery County)
Electioneering boundaries
(2)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the line shall be located as near as practicable to 100 feet from the entrance and exit and shall be established after consideration of the configuration of the entrance and the effect of placement on public safety and the flow of pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
(ii) In Montgomery County, on approval of the local board, the line may be located at any point between 25 feet and 100 feet from the entrance and exit.

10. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
The100 ft limit
COMMON SCENARIO
Electioneers dispute whether the No Electioneering boundary should be measured from an interior entrance or an exterior building entrance.

11. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
The100 ft limit
Notes of Decisions: 1. Electioneering
Electioneering is prohibited inside the perimeter of a 100 ft line established by reference to the entry to the building nearest the polling place.
*Montgomery County: The boundary can be between 25 ft and 100 ft

12. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
The100 ft limit
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
Title 33, Subtitle 15, Electioneering Boundary Map (c)
Some LBEs, such as Carroll County, post maps on their website displaying the no electioneering zone for each of their polling places. Candidates and Electioneers can access the maps online. (Example: Carroll County Board of Elections No Electioneering zone defined by Red Circle)

13. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
PARKING
COMMON SCENARIO
Electioneers take up too many parking spaces and/or a large number of spaces that are close to the polling place entrance.

14. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
PARKING
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
Charles County uses ‘Voter Parking Only’ signs to help ensure that enough parking spaces remain available to voters.
Charles County Board of Elections ‘Voter Parking Only’ Sign

15. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
SIGNS
COMMON SCENARIO
Electioneers set up signs before 5 pm the day before Early Voting starts and the day before Election Day.

16. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
SIGNS
ELECTION LAW:
In general
2. Campaign signs shall be allowed on the premises of the public building,
at a minimum from:
A. 5 p.m. the day immediately preceding election day until
8 a.m. on the day immediately following election day; and
B. 5 p.m. the day before an early voting period begins under
§ of this title until 8 a.m. the day after early voting period ends.

17. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
SIGNS
ELECTION LAW:
In general
4(ii) A polling place may not be located in a privately owned building unless the owner of the building agrees to:
1. allow electioneering on the premises up to the electioneering boundary established under § (b) of this article; and
2. allow campaign signs on the premises, at a minimum from :
A. 5 p.m. the day immediately preceding election day until
8 a.m. on the day immediately following election day; and
B. 5 p.m. the day before an early voting period begins under
§ of this title until 8 a.m. the day after early voting period ends.
Campaign signs can be within the 100 ft limit if they are on private property. They can only be placed on private property after receiving permission from the property owner(s).

18. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
SIGNS
COMMON SCENARIO
There are times that electioneers do not clean up their signs after Election Day. Signs then have to be removed by property owners or volunteers.

19. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
SIGNS
Electioneering: DO
Some counties, such as Carroll County and Caroline County had a lot of success by communicating with Candidates and Central Committees before, during, and after the elections. They sent them letters containing important dates along with electioneering rules and guidelines. Establishing this relationship had a lot of positive results when it came to electioneers following guidelines and picking up signs.

20. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
In the Polling Place
COMMON QUESTION
Can candidates enter the polling place to see the posted voter turnout numbers?

21. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
In the Polling Place
Electioneering: DO
Candidates can be permitted to briefly enter the polling place to view the turnout numbers, but must leave immediately. Many LBEs post the turnout numbers outside, or very near the entrance to the polling room.

22. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
Anonymous Campaign Material

23. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
Voter Intimidation
Electioneering methods sometimes intimidate voters entering the polling place.
COMMON SCENARIO

24. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
Enforcement
Soft Approach: Reasoning/Communication
Vs.
Hard Approach: Requirements For Enforcement

25. ELECTIONEERING: DO’S & DON’TS
Electioneering Around the World
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26. Questions