N.Y. Education Law § 2031-a: Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place prohibited; distance markers

§ 2031-a. Electioneering within one hundred feet of polling place

prohibited; distance markers. 1. At every election held for the office

of trustee or member of a board of education and at every vote upon any

proposition or issue in a school district where the election or vote is

held at a different time from, and not during, the annual meeting of the

district, there shall be conspicuously placed, by the inspectors of

election, distance markers at a distance of one hundred feet from the

polling place. Such distance markers shall indicate the prohibition

contained herein and shall be so placed at least one-half hour before

the opening of the polls and shall remain until the polls are closed.

2. At such elections or voting held at a different time from, and not

during, the annual meeting of the district, while the polls are open no

person shall do any electioneering within the polling place, or within

one hundred feet therefrom in any public street, or within such distance

in any place in a public manner and no banner, poster or placard on

behalf of or in opposition to any candidate or issue to be voted upon

shall be allowed in or upon the polling place or within one hundred feet

therefrom during the election. For the purposes of this section, the

one hundred foot distance shall be deemed to include a one hundred foot

radial measured from the entrances, designated by the inspectors of

election, to a building where such election is being held. This section

shall not be deemed to prohibit the board of trustees or board of

education from displaying within any polling place a copy or copies of

any budget or proposition to be voted upon.

3. Any person who wilfully violates the provisions of this section

shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.