Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 211B.11 (2026)

Election Day Prohibitions

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Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places.

(a) A person must not:

(1) ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question; or

(2) wear, exhibit, or distribute any item that displays:

(i) the name, likeness, logo, or slogan of a candidate who appears on the ballot;

(ii) the number, title, subject, slogan, or logo of a ballot question that appears on the ballot; or

(iii) the name, logo, or slogan of a political party represented by a candidate on the ballot.

For purposes of this paragraph, "item" includes pamphlets, advertisements, flyers, signs, banners, stickers, buttons, badges, pencils, pens, shirts, hats, or any similar item.

(b) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) apply during voting hours:

(1) throughout the absentee and early voting periods:

(i) within a polling place; and

(ii) within 100 feet of the room in which a polling place is situated, to the extent practicable; and

(2) on the day of a primary or general election:

(i) within a polling place;

(ii) within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated; and

(iii) anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated.

Subd. 2.

[Repealed, 1997 c 147 s 79]

Subd. 3.Transportation of voters to polling place; penalty.

A person transporting a voter to or from the polling place may not ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter on primary or election day to vote or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question.

Subd. 4.Penalty.

Violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2011–2018 · leading case: Minnesota Majority v. Joe Mansky, 708 F.3d 1051 (8th Cir. 2013).

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Minnesota Majority v. Joe Mansky, 708 F.3d 1051 (8th Cir. 2013). · cites it 17× “” Shortly before the November 2010 election, EIW sought to enjoin the enforcement of the third sentence of Minn. Stat. § 211B.11, subd. 1: “A political badge, political button, or other political insignia may not be worn at or about the polling place on primary or election day.”

Minnesota Voters All. v. Mansky, 138 S. Ct. 1876 (2018). · cites it 3× “11(1) forbids any person to "display campaign material, post signs, ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter within a polling place or within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated" to "vote for or refrain from voting for a…”

Minnesota Majority v. Mansky, 789 F. Supp. 2d 1112 (D. Minnesota 2011). · cites it 44× “Minn.Stat. § 211B.11, subd. 4. For present purposes, the Court assumes that the allegations of the Amended Complaint, summarized below, are true.”

Minnesota Majority v. Mansky, 62 F. Supp. 3d 870 (D. Minnesota 2014). · cites it 9× “At the center of the case, then, is Minn. Stat. § 211B.11, subd. 1. That provision of state law reads in relevant part as follows: A person may not-display campaign material, post signs, ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter within a polling place or…”

Minnesota Majority v. Joe Mansky (8th Cir. 2013). · cites it 8× “” Shortly before the November 2010 election, EIW sought to enjoin the enforcement of the third sentence of Minn. Stat. § 211B.11, subd. 1: “A political badge, political button, or other political insignia may not be worn at or about the polling place on primary or election day.”

— Minn. Stat. § 211B.11(1) — 1 case

Minnesota Voters All. v. Mansky, 138 S. Ct. 1876 (2018). “11(1) forbids any person to "display campaign material, post signs, ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter within a polling place or within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated" to "vote for or refrain from voting for a…”

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