MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP - When you go to vote, how does campaigning at your polling location effect you?

According to Chapter 11 of the Michigan Bureau of Elections official Manual; "No person is permitted to solicit voters or engage in any type of campaigning within 100 feet of any
doorway used by voters to enter the building in which a polling place is located." This means that beyond that 100 feet, people can approach you as you are entering the polls to cast your ballot.

The following activities are included under the 100-foot restriction:
- Displaying “pro and con” information on the proposals appearing on the ballot.
- Approaching voters to encourage them to vote for or against a candidate or ballot question.
- Distributing any type of campaign literature or write-in stickers.
- Displaying signs, posters or bumper stickers.
- Attempting to collect petition signatures.
- Requesting donations, selling tickets or engaging in similar activities.

This means, 100 feet beyond that restriction, people can solicit, hand out material and park a car with campaign material on it in the parking lot of the polling location.

HOMTV wants to know, what type of effect does this have on voters:
A) No effect
B) Deters you from voting
C) Turns you off from voting for the candidate doing the campaigning
D) Gets you to vote for the candidate doing the campaigning