Jeff Raatz voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Establishes it is a Crime for Someone to Refuse to Leave a Polling Place After Directed
Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb
Title: Establishes it is a Crime for Someone to Refuse to Leave a Polling Place After Directed
Title: Establishes it is a Crime for Someone to Refuse to Leave a Polling Place After Directed
Vote to amend and pass a bill that establishes it is a crime for someone to refuse to leave a polling place after they've been asked to leave by an election officer or by police for causing a disruption.
Requires each election sheriff to do the following (Sec. 5.a):
Attend the polls in the appointed precinct from the opening of the polls to the conclusion of the count;
Preserve order at the polls;
Enforce the election laws under the direction of the precinct election board.
Upon direction from a precinct election officer, request assistance from a law enforcement officer if a violation of law or breach of the peace or chute has occurred or appears imminent.
Authorizes a watcher appointed under this law to do the following (Sec. 7):
Enter the polls at least 30 minutes before the opening of the polls and remain there throughout election day until all tabulations have been completed;
Inspect the paper ballot boxes, ballot card voting system, or electronic voting system before votes have been cast;
Inspect the work being done by any precinct election officer;
Enter, leave, and reenter the polls at any time on election day;
Witness the calling and recording of the votes and any other proceedings of the precinct election officers in the performance of official duties; and
Receive a summary of the vote.
Requires a watcher appointed under this law to report any violation of election laws that comes to the watcher's attention to any of the following (Sec. 9.b):
The inspector of the precinct;
The county election board; or
The prosecuting attorney.
Establishes a state police department employee or a police officer or firefighter of a political subdivision who recklessly does the following is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor (Sec. 10.a):
Solicits votes or campaign funds;
Challenges voters; or
Performs any other election-related function;
Classifies knowingly or intentionally entering or refusing to leave the polls or chute after having been prohibited from entering or being asked to leave the polls or chute by a precinct election officer or a law enforcement officer acting on behalf of a precinct election officer as criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor (Sec. 12-10).
Establishes a person has been denied entry when the person has been denied entry by means of (Sec. 10-12.c):
Personal communication, oral or written;
Posting or exhibiting a notice at the main entrance in a manner that is either prescribed by law or likely to come to the attention of the public;
A hearing authority or court order; or
Posting the property by placing identifying purple marks on trees or posts around the area where entry is denied.
Prohibits a law enforcement officer from denying entry to a property or asking a person to leave a property unless there is reasonable suspicion that criminal activity has occurred or is occurring (Sec. 12-10.e).
Title: Establishes it is a Crime for Someone to Refuse to Leave a Polling Place After Directed
Title: Establishes it is a Crime for Someone to Refuse to Leave a Polling Place After Directed