{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.744","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.744","heading":"Prohibited acts; violation as misdemeanor.","body":"Sec. 744.\n\n(1) An election inspector or any other person in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located shall not persuade or endeavor to persuade a person to vote for or against any particular candidate or party ticket or for or against any ballot question that is being voted on at the election. A person shall not place or distribute stickers, other than stickers provided by the election officials pursuant to law, in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located.\n\n(2) A person shall not solicit donations, gifts, contributions, purchase of tickets, or similar demands, or request or obtain signatures on petitions in a polling room, in a compartment connected to a polling room, or within 100 feet from any entrance to a building in which a polling place is located.\n\n(3) On election day, a person shall not post, display, or distribute in a polling place, in any hallway used by voters to enter or exit a polling place, or within 100 feet of an entrance to a building in which a polling place is located any material that directly or indirectly makes reference to an election, a candidate, or a ballot question. Except as otherwise provided in section 744a, this subsection does not apply to official material that is required by law to be posted, displayed, or distributed in a polling place on election day.\n\n(4) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 168","Act Act-116-of-1954"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-168-744","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"80c14861aa1bf1bbf25b52fed2e0f58c9ceb39a1e59157bb89a62343e9a9c711","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.743","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-168.744a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}