Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §662, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1995, c. 459, §57, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 447, §22, is amended to read:

2. Influence prohibited. Within 250 On public property within 100 feet of the entrance to the voting place as well as within the voting place itself, a person may not:

A. Influence another person's decision regarding a candidate or ballot issue question that is on the ballot for the election that day; or

B. Attempt to influence another person's decision regarding a candidate or ballot issue question that is on the ballot for the election that day.

These limitations do not prohibit a candidate from attending the voting place and orally communicating with voters as long as the candidate does not attempt to influence their vote. A candidate may not state the name of the office sought or request a person's vote.

Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§2-A, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 447, §22, is amended to read:

B. Subsection 2 does not prohibit media representatives from conducting an exit poll, as long as they do not solicit voters within 25 feet of the entrance to the voting place or until after the voters have voted and do not orally communicate with those voters in a way that influences a voter's vote any voter who has not yet voted.

Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§2-A, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 447, §22, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§2-A, ¶D is enacted to read:

D.__These limitations do not prohibit the collection of signatures on petitions to place a direct initiative or referendum on the ballot at a future election, as long as such activity occurs more than 25 feet from the entrance to the voting place and does not involve communicating with voters in a way that influences a voter who has not yet voted regarding another question that is on the ballot for the election that day.