Election, polling place law regulates public property, not private property

Electioneering near official polling places is prohibited within 600 feet of the front door of the building housing the poll.
Registrar of Voters Jolene Holcombe said that includes political signage, but private property does not fall under the state statute governing electioneering.
“If they’re on private property, they can do whatever they want,” Holcombe said. “It’s only on public property, buildings, parking lots, the street, sidewalks, things like that.”
Poll election commissioners are in charge of the polling locations, and are authorized to monitor for improper electioneering. Commissioners can contact the St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court if necessary. Early voting is covering in the statute.
Bumper stickers on vehicles are handled in much the same manner, Holcombe said. “We settled on was that anybody that was coming in strictly to vote, and then leaving, we were not going to stop them from having a bumper sticker,” she said. “If they were coming to the courthouse (for early voting) for other business and were going to be here all day long, they were asked to cover up the sticker or park 600 feet away.”
Holcombe said anyone with campaign material such as t-shirts or push cards, are asked to remove or cover those materials.
She said she contacted the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office and was informed that bumper stickers are “not any different than signs or hats or anything else.”