Maryland polling place canvassing?

[Anonymous]

I’m just curious if there was a law that went into effect that I was not aware about. It used to be that when you went to polling sites you would have table set up outside of the exclusion area heading out pamphlets, apple, ballots, etc. I haven’t seen anybody in the last few years. I assumed it started with Covid but Nobody’s out anymore handing out information.

[Anonymous]

They were at my polling place

[Anonymous]

They were out but maybe it was only in certain contested areas?? And shortage of brave people given threats ahead of election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m just curious if there was a law that went into effect that I was not aware about. It used to be that when you went to polling sites you would have table set up outside of the exclusion area heading out pamphlets, apple, ballots, etc. I haven’t seen anybody in the last few years. I assumed it started with Covid but Nobody’s out anymore handing out information.

It depends on where you vote I suppose. I always see one or two people that I try to ignore. I think most of the action has now shifted to the early in person voting locations, instead of Election Day polling sites.

[Anonymous]

I wish laws regarding electioneering were more enforced. I saw at least half a dozen people wearing some sort of Kamala Harris attire (mostly t-shirts and buttons on jackets) inside my local polling place when I voted.

These items are clear violations of electioneering laws, yet nothing was said to any of them.

[Anonymous]

They had all kinds of Trump signs and greeters but no Harris signs at my polling place and its predominately a democratic area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish laws regarding electioneering were more enforced. I saw at least half a dozen people wearing some sort of Kamala Harris attire (mostly t-shirts and buttons on jackets) inside my local polling place when I voted.

These items are clear violations of electioneering laws, yet nothing was said to any of them.

I'm an election worker. Voters are allowed to wear what they like. We (election workers) cannot wear clothing with political statements. At every polling place, there are workers from more than one party (can be dem + unaffiliated as in MoCo there just aren't that many Republican election workers), so I assume there are people looking out for that.

As for setting up tables outside the polling place, that is allowed outside the "No Electioneering Zone" clearly marked near the entrance to the polling place. As election workers, we go out there every so often to check it's being followed.