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Re: Q: guidelines for post-campaign period?



Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:

> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
> 
>> It's reasonably common in real life voting to limit campaigning in the
>> days before the actual election.
> 
> Huh?  In this country it's certainly not.

In the US, campaigning is prohibited within 50 feet of a polling place on
election day, and no alcoholic beverages can be served on election day in
most states.  Those are very small limits compared to other countries, but
they are intended as limits on abusive campaigining during the voting
period.

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