State Law: Documenting Your Vote

On this page, we provide a list of election laws, websites, and contact information for election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Contacting your state election officials is a great way to get information about what your state allows in terms of documenting the vote.

You should also consult our chart summarizing the law in each state in order to determine whether your state allows recording inside polling places.  For general guidelines on photography and videography in and around polling places, see the Documenting Your Vote page in this guide.

As Election Day approaches, we will continue to supplement the information on this page. Given the tight time schedule between now and the election, we'd love the help of our readers with this election law research.  If you've got input on this topic, please contact us.

Select a state below to jump to its relevant information:

Alabama	Georgia	Maryland	New Jersey	South Carolina
Alaska	Hawaii	Massachusetts	New Mexico	South Dakota
Arizona	Idaho	Michigan	New York	Tennessee
Arkansas	Illinois	Minnesota	North Carolina	Texas
California	Indiana	Mississippi	North Dakota	Utah
Colorado	Iowa	Missouri	Ohio	Vermont
Connecticut	Kansas	Montana	Oklahoma	Virginia
Delaware	Kentucky	Nebraska	Oregon	Washington
Dist. of Columbia	Louisiana	Nevada	Pennsylvania	West Virginia
Florida	Maine	New Hampshire	Rhode Island	Wisconsin
				Wyoming

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Alabama

• Contact Information:
  • Alabama Secretary of State- Elections Website
  • Telephone number: (334) 242-7210
  • Toll free number: 800-274-8683


• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ala. Code § 17-9-50 - Proximity of persons to polling place
  • Ala. Code § 17-17-17 - Loitering about polling place; standing in line of voters after having voted
  • Ala. Code § 17-17-33 - Obstruction, intimidation, etc., of voting rights of others
  • Ala. Code § 17-17-43 - Disturbing elector on election day

Alaska

• Contact Information:
  • Alaska Division of Elections
  • Telephone number: (907) 465-4611
  • Toll free:(866) 952-8683
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Alaska Stat. § 15.15.290 -  Prohibiting the identification of ballots
  • Alaska Stat. § 15.56.030 - Unlawful interference with voting
  • Alaska Stat. § 15.56.060 - Unlawful interference with an election
  • Link to Alaska Statutes, Title 15 - Elections

Arizona

• Contact Information:
  • Arizona Secretary of State- Elections Website
  • Telephone number: (602) 542-8683
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-1017 - Unlawful acts by voters with respect to voting; classification
  • Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 16-1018 - Additional unlawful acts by voteres with respect to voting; classification
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Arizona: Documenting Your Vote

Arkansas

• Contact Information:
  • Arkansas Secretary of State- Elections Website
  • Telephone number: (501) 682-5070
  • Toll free: (800) 482-1127
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ark. Code § 7-1-103 - Miscellaneous misdemeanor offenses
  • Ark. Code § 7-1-104 - Miscellaneous felonies
  • Ark. Code § 7-5-309 - Voting procedure
  • Ark. Code § 7-5-310 - Privacy -- Assistance to disabled voters
  • Ark. Code § 7-5-521 - Arrangement of polling place
    
  • Link to Arkansas Code
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Arkansas: Documenting Your Vote

California

• Contact Information:
  • California Secretary of State- Elections Website
  • Toll free number: (800) 345-VOTE
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Cal. Const. Art. II, § 7 - Voting shall be secret
  • Cal. Elec. Code § 18502 - Interference with voters
  • Cal. Elec. Code § 18540 - Intimidation prohibited
  • Cal. Elec. Code § 18541 - Actions prohibited within 100 feet of polling place
  • Cal. Elec. Code § 14221 - Persons allowed within voting booth area
  • Cal. Elec. Code § 14224 - Limiting time within voting booth
  • Cal. Elec. Code § 14291 - Revealing content of ballot
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Memo of Cathy Mitchell to County Clerks/Registrars of Voters re Cameras At Polling Places (Oct. 20, 2008)
  • Memo of John Mott-Smith to County Clerks/Registrars of Voters re Cameras or Videotaping at Polling Places (Oct. 27, 2004)
  • California: Documenting Your Vote

Colorado

• Contact Information:
  • Colorado Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (303)894-2200
  • E-mail: sos.elections@sos.state.co.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-711 -  Interference with voter while voting
  • Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-712 - Disclosing or identifying vote
  • Colo. Rev. Stat. § 1-13-713 - Intimidation
  • Link to Colorado Revised Statutes (click on "Colorado Revised Statues," then "Title 1: Elections," then "Art. 13")
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Colorado: Documenting Your Vote

Connecticut

• Contact Information:
  • Connecticut Secretary of the State- Elections and Voting
  • Telephone number: (860)509-6100
  • Toll free: (800)540-3764
  • E-mail: lead@po.state.ct.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-236 - Activities prohibited in and near polling place
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-359 -  Absentee ballots (voter cannot execute an absentee ballot "for the purpose of informing any other person how he votes")
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-364 - Influencing elector to refrain from voting
  • Conn. Gen. Stat. § 9-366 - Interference with electors in voting

Delaware

• Contact Information:
  • Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware
  • Telephone number: (302) 739-4277
  • E-mail: coe_vote@state.de.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Del. Code tit. 15, § 4933(b) - Persons permitted in the voting room
  • Del. Code tit. 15, § 5117 - Unauthorized entering of voting room; penalties
  • Del. Code tit. 15 § § 5161-5162 - Intimidation of election officers and electors

District of Columbia

• Contact Information:
  • District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics
  • Telephone number: (202) 727-2525
  • Toll free number: (866) DC-VOTES
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • D.C. Code § 1-1001.09 - Secrecy required
  • D.C. Code § 1-1001.12 - Interference with registration and voting
  • Link to the D.C. Code
  • D.C. Mun. Regs., tit. 3, ch. 7, § 708 - Control of activity at Polling and Counting Places
  • D.C. Mun. Regs., tit. 3, ch. 7, § 711 - Voting Booth
  • D.C. Mun. Regs., tit. 3, ch. 7 § 712 - Secrecy of the Ballot
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • D.C. Board of Elections: Electioneering in D.C. Polling Places

Florida

• Contact Information:
  
  
  • Florida Division of Elections
  • Telephone number: (850) 245-6200
  • E-mail: DivElections@dos.state.fl.us
  • Voter Assistance Hotline: (866) 308-6739
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Fla. Stat. § 102.031 - Maintenance of good order at polls; authorities; persons allowed in polling rooms and early voting areas; unlawful solicitation of voters (Note: § 102.031(5) expressly prohibits photography inside a polling room)
  • Fla. Stat. § 97.021(25), (26) - Definitions
  • Fla. Stat. § 101.51 - Electors to occupy booth alone
  • Fla. Stat. § 104.0515 - Voting rights; deprivation of, or interference with, prohibited; penalty
  • Fla. Stat. § 104.0615 - Voter intimidation or suppression prohibited; criminal penalties
  • CBS Broad., Inc. v. Cobb, 470 F. Supp.2d 1365 (S.D. Fla. 2006)
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Florida: Documenting Your Vote
  • Florida Department of State, Division of Elections: Polling Place Procedures Manual

Georgia

• Contact Information:
  • Georgia Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (404) 656-2871
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ga. Code § 21-2-413 Conduct of voters, campaigners, and others at polling places generally (Note: 21-2-413(e) specifically prohibits the use of photographic or cellular devices while "within the enclosed space in a polling place.")
  • Ga. Code § 21-2-414 - Restrictions on campaign activities and public opinion polling within the vicinity of a polling place; cellular phone use prohibited in voting booth
  • Ga. Code § 21-2-568 - Entry into voting compartment or booth while another voting; interfering with elector; inducing elector to reveal or revealing elector's vote
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Georgia: Documenting Your Vote
  • AJC.com: Can't 'Video Your Vote' in Georgia
  • GPB News: Voting officials warn against 'Video Your Vote'

Hawaii

• Contact Information:
  • Hawaii Office of Elections
  • Telephone number: (808) 453-VOTE
  • Neighbor Isle Toll-Free Number: (800) 442-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections@hawaii.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Haw. Rev. Stat. § 19-6(6) - Loitering in voting area

Idaho

• Contact Information:
  • Idaho Secretary of State- Elections Website
  • Telephone number: (208) 334-2852
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Idaho Code § 18-2305 - Intimidation during elections
  • Idaho Code § 18-2313 - Interference with election
  • Idaho Code § 34-1110 - Officers not to divulge information

Illinois

• Contact Information:
  • Illinois State Board of Elections
  • Springfield Office: (217) 782-4141
  • Chicago Office: (312) 814-6440
  • E-mail: webmaster@elections.il.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/29-4 - Intimidation of voter
  • 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/29-9 - Unlawful observation of voting
  • 10 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/17-29 - 100-foot zone (scroll down)

Indiana

• Contact Information:
  • Indiana Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (317) 232-3939
  • E-mail: elections@iec.state.in.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ind. Code § 3-5-2-10 - Definition of "chute"
  • Ind. Code § 3-6-10 - Rules governing "watchers for the media"
  • Ind. Code §3-11-8-15 - Persons permitted at polls during elections
  • Ind. Code §3-11-8-16 - Only voters permitted near entrance to the polls
  • Ind. Code §3-11-8-18 - Voters not to converse with any person except precinct election board member
  • Ind. Code §3-11-11-9 - Voting to be private; rights of voter in casting vote
  • Ind. Code § 3-11-11-10.5 - Voting booth occupancy; time limits; refusal to leave
  • Ind. Code §3-11-11-16 - Disclosure of ballot; record
  • Ind. Code §3-11-11-17 - Voter to leave polls after voting
  • Ind. Code § 3-14-3-4 - Obstruction of, interference with, or injury of voter or election officer
  • Ind. Code §3-14-3-15 - Unauthorized entries at polls
  • Ind. Code § 3-14-3-21.5 - Voter intimidation

Iowa

• Contact Information:
  • Iowa Secretary of State- Voter/Elections Website
  • Telephone number: (515) 281-0145
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Iowa Code § 49.88 - Limitations on persons in booth and time for voting (Note: Subsection 1. prohibits the "use of cameras, cellular telephones, pagers, or other electronic communications devices in the voting booth")
  • Iowa Code § 39A.4 - Election misconduct in the third degree
  • Iowa Code § 39A - Election misconduct in the fourth degree
  • Iowa Code § 49.84 - Marking and return of ballot
  • Link to Iowa Code (type in section 39A)

Kansas

• Contact Information:
  • Kansas Secretary of State- Elections & Legislative Matters
  • Telephone number: (785) 296-4561
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Kan. Stat. § 25-2413 - Disorderly election conduct
  • Kan. Stat. § 25-2422 - Unauthorized voting disclosure

Kentucky

• Contact Information:
  • Kentucky Secretary of State- Elections Branch
  • Telephone number: (502) 564-3490
  • Kentucky State Board of Elections
  • Telephone number: (502) 573-7100
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ky. Rev. Stat. § 117.235 - Persons permitted in voting room
  • Ky. Rev. Stat. § 117.236 - Prohibition against recording identity of voters
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Associated Press: Video your vote for YouTube? Not in Kentucky
  • Secretary of State Trey Grayson's video on Kentucky election law

Louisiana

• Contact Information:
  • Louisiana Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (225) 922-0900
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • La. Rev. Stat. § 18:1461(9) - Election offenses
  • La. Rev. Stat. § 18:427 - Poll Watchers
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Office of the Louisiana Attorney General, Opinion No. 94-455, Usage of video camera by poll watcher on election day at polling precinct

Maine

• Contact Information:
  • Maine Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (207) 624-7736
  • E-mail: cec.elections@maine.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 671 - Voting procedure
  • Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 674 - Violations and penalties
  • Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 681 - Positions at polling places
  • Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 682 - Political activities

Maryland

• Contact Information:
  • Maryland State Board of Elections
  • Telephone number: (410) 269-2840
  • Toll-free number: (800) 222-8683
  • E-mail: info@elections.state.md.us
  • County Boards of Elections
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Md. Code, Elec. Law § 9-217 - Prohibited practices
  • Md. Code, Elec. Law § 10-303 - Authority and duties of election judges
  • Md. Code, Election Law § 10-308 - Individuals who have access to the voting room
  • Md. Code, Election Law § 16-204 - Prohibition on hindering or impeding the conduct of official electoral activities

Massachusetts

• Contact Information:
  • Massachusetts Election Division
  • Telephone number: (617) 727-2828
  • Toll-free number: (800) 462-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections@sec.state.ma.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 25 - Disclosing marked ballot
  • Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 29 - Unlawful interference with voter
  • Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 56, § 71 - Presiding officers; powers and duties
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Massachusetts: Documenting Your Vote

Michigan

• Contact Information:
  • Michigan Secretary of State- Elections
  • Michigan Voter Information Center
  • Telephone number: (517) 373-2540
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.738(2) - Voting; ballots; folding; deposit in ballot box; rejection for exposure
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.678 - Board of election inspectors; authority
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Michigan Secretary of State: Land reminds voters of camera ban
  • Michigan Secretary of State: Election Inspector Training Manual February 2008 (see page 52 for prohibition on voter use of  video cameras, cameras, recording equipment, and cell phones in the polls)
  • Michigan: Documenting Your Vote

Minnesota

• Contact Information:
  • Minnesota Secretary of State- Election Center
  • Telephone number: (651) 215-1440
  • Toll-free number: (877) 600-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections.dept@state.mn.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Minn. Stat. § 204C.06 - Conduct in and near polling places
  • Minn. Stat. § 204C.17 - Voting; Secrecy
  • Minn. Stat. § 204C.18 -Ballots; Secrecy

• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Minnesota: Documenting Your Vote

Mississippi

• Contact Information:
  • Mississippi Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Elections Call Center: (601) 576-2550
  • Elections Hotline: (800) 829-6786
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Miss. Code § 23-15-241 - Election bailiff to keep peace
  • Miss. Code § 23-15-245 - Duties of election bailiff; polls to be open and clear
  • Miss. Code § 23-15-551 - Marking and casting ballot; who may be present in polling room
  • Miss. Code § 23-15-555 - Penalty for unlawfully showing marked ballot
  • Link to Mississippi Code (click on "Title 23, Elections," then "Chapter 15, Mississippi Election Code"; the provisions noted are in Articles 7 and 17)


• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Office of the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, Opinion No. 2008-00136, News Media in Polling Places

Missouri

• Contact Information:
  • Missouri Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (573) 751-2301
  • Toll-free number: (800) NOW-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections@sos.mo.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.409 - Who may be admitted to polling place
  • Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.635 - Class three election offenses
  • Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.637 - Class four election offenses (Note: Subsection (14) prohibits a voter from "allowing his ballot to be seen by any person with the intent of letting it be known how he is about to vote or has voted")

Montana

• Contact Information:
  • Montana Secretary of State- Elections
  • Telephone number: (406) 444-4732
  • Toll-Free Voter Hotline: (888) 884-VOTE
  • E-mail: soselections@mt.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Montana Code 13-13-122 - Preventing obstructions
  • Montana Code 13-35-201 - Electors and ballots
  • Montana Code 13-35-211(3) - Electioneering -- soliciting information from electors

Nebraska

• Contact Information:
  • Nebraska Secretary of State- Elections
  • Telephone number:(402) 471-2555
  • E-mail: ElectionsAssistant@sos.ne.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-910 - Polling places; obstructions prohibited; restrictions on access
  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1523 - Obstruction of polling place or building; penalty
  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1525 - Polling and interviews; prohibited acts; penalty
  • Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1527(4) - Voting of ballots; prohibited acts; penalty

Nevada

• Contact Information:
  • Nevada Secretary of State- Election Center
  • Telephone number: (775) 684-5705
  • E-mail: nvelect@sos.nv.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.274 - Members of general public allowed to observe conduct of voting at polling place; photographing or otherwise recording conduct of voting by members of general public prohibited
  • Nev. Rev. Stat. § 293.730 - Interfering with conduct of election; unauthorized delivery, receipt, identification, display or removal of ballot
  • Nev. Rev. Stat. 293.740 - Soliciting votes and electioneering inside polling place or within certain distance from polling place prohibited; penalty
  • Nev. Admin. Code § 293.245 - Observation of conduct of voting at polling place

New Hampshire

• Contact Information:
  • New Hampshire Secretary of State- Election Division
  • Telephone number: (603) 271-3242
  • E-mail: Elections@sos.state.nh.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:16 - Number of voters allowed within guardrail
  • N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:21 - Admittance within guardrail
  • N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:25 - Time allowed for voting
  • N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:26 - Voters not readmitted
  • N.H. Rev. Stat § 659:35 - Showing or specially marking ballot
  • N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:37 - Interfering with voter
  • N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:40 - Bribing; intimidation; suppression

New Jersey

• Contact Information:
  • New Jersey Division of Elections
  • Telephone number: (609) 292-3760
  • Toll-Free Hotline: (877) NJVOTER
  • E-mail: njelections@lps.state.nj.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • N.J. Stat. § 19:15-8 - Persons allowed in polling places
  • N.J. Stat. § 19:15-26 - Ballots marked secretly in booth; no more than one voter in booth at a time; violation disorderly persons offense
  • N.J. Stat. § 19:32-48 - Removal of persons from polling places
  • N.J. Stat. § 19:34-6 - Prohibited actions in polling place on election day
  • N.J. Stat. § 19:34-7  - Violation of ballot regulations
  • Link to New Jersey Statutes (choose Title 19, Elections)


• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Attorney General's Directive On Exit Polling by Media and Non-Partisan Public Interest Groups
  • 2008 New Jersey Chronological Elections Guide

New Mexico

• Contact Information:
  • New Mexico Secretary of State- Elections
  • Telephone number: (505) 827-3600
  • Toll-free number: (800) 477-3632
  • E-mail: Elections@state.nm.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • N.M. Stat. § 1-12-4 - Conduct of elections; maintenance of order
  • N.M. Stat. § 1-20-16 - Electioneering too close to the polling place
  • N.M. Stat. § 1-20-17 - Obstructing the polling place
  • N.M. Stat. § 1-20-20 - Disturbing the polling place

New York

• Contact Information:
  • New York State Board of Elections
  • Telephone number: (518) 473-5086
  • Toll-free number: (800) 367-8683
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • N.Y. Elec. Law § 17-130 - Misdemeanor in relation to elections

North Carolina

• Contact Information:
  • North Carolina State Board of Elections
  • Telephone number: (919) 733-7173
  • Toll-free number: (866) 522-4723
  • E-mail: elections.sboe@ncmail.net
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-166.3 - Limited access to the voting enclosure (includes prohibitions on photographing/videoing other voters and own ballot)
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-166.4 - Limitation on activity in the voting place and in a buffer zone around it
  • N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-165(9) - Definition of "voting enclosure"
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • North Carolina State Board of Elections, Press Release on Media Photography and Filming at Precinct and One-Stop Voting Sites
  • North Carolina: Documenting Your Vote

North Dakota

• Contact Information:
  • North Dakota Secretary of State- Elections and Voting
  • Telephone number: (701)328-4146
  • Toll-free number: (800) 352-0867 ext. 8-4146
  • E-mail: soselect@nd.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • N.D. Code § 16.1-10-06 - Electioneering on election day - Penalty
  • N.D. Code § 16.1-10-06.2 - Sale or distribution at polling place

Ohio

• Contact Information:
  • Ohio Secretary of State
  • Elections Division: (614) 466-2585
  • Voting Rights Institute: (877) VOTE-VRI
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Ohio Rev. Code § 3501.30 - Polling place supplies
  • Ohio Rev. Code § 3501.33 - Authority of precinct officials
  • Ohio Rev. Code § 3501.35 - No loitering or congregating near polling places
  • Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.20 - Prohibitions concerning ballots generally
  • Ohio Rev. Code § 3599.24(5) - Interference with conduct of election
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Advisory 2008-03 - Polling Place Conduct; Media Access to Polling Locations; and Exit Polling Within 100 feet of a Polling Place
  • Ohio: Documenting Your Vote

Oklahoma

• Contact Information:
  • Oklahoma State Election Board
  • Telephone number: (405) 521-2391
  • E-mail: info@elections.ok.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-108 - Only voters and election officials permitted near ballot box
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-108.1 - Exit poll - Notice
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-108.3 - Pollster restrictions - Violation deemed misdemeanor
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-108.4 - Pollsters - Written polling materials - Restrictions on oral interviews and recordings
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-108.5 - Exit polls - Restrictions - Voluntariness
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-109 - Disclosure of vote - Prohibition
  • Okla. Stat. § 26-7-112 - Persons allowed in enclosure - News reporter or photographer
  • Link to Oklahoma Statutes, Title 26 Elections
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Oklahoma State Election Board, Notice to Inspectors: Cameras in the Polling Place

Oregon

• Contact Information:
  • Oregon Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (503) 986-1518
  • Toll-free number: (866) ORE-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections.sos@state.or.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Or. Rev. Stat. § 260.695 - Prohibitions relating to voting

Pennsylvania

• Contact Information:
  • votesPA: Online Voting Information and Resource Center
  • Toll-free number: (877) VOTESPA
  • E-mail: ST-HAVA@state.pa.us
  • County Contact Persons Elections/Voter Registration
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Pa. Const. Art. VII, § 4 - Secrecy in voting
  • 25 Pa. Stat. § 2642 - Powers and duties of county boards
  • 25 Pa. Stat. § 3054 - Admission of electors within enclosed space
  • 25 Pa. Stat. § 3057 - Time allowed elector in voting booth or voting machine compartment
  • 25 Pa. Stat. § 3060 - Regulations in f0rce at polling places
  • 25 Pa. Stat. § 3530 - Unlawful assistance in voting
  • 25 Pa. Stat. § 3547 - Prohibiting duress and intimidation of voters and interference with the free exercise of the elective franchise
  • Link to Pennsylvania Statutes
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Pennsylvania: Documenting Your Vote

Rhode Island

• Contact Information:
  • Rhode Island Board of Elections
  • Telephone number: (401) 222-2345
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • R.I. Code § 17-19-21 - Arrangement of polling places; election officials; police officers
  • R.I. Code § 17-19-23 - Wardens and supervisors; powers and duties
  • R.I. Code § 17-23-15 - Polling or surveying of voter opinion

South Carolina

• Contact Information:
  • South Carolina State Election Commission
  • Telephone number: (803) 734-9060
  • E-mail: elections@elections.sc.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • S.C. Code § 7-13-130 - Preservation of right to vote and secrecy of ballot
  • S.C. Code § 7-13-740 - Only one voter in booth at a time; speaking to voter prohibited
  • S.C. Code § 7-13-760 - Time when voter must leave booth and voting place; voter must be alone in booth and must not talk while voting
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • South Carolina: Documenting Your Vote

South Dakota

• Contact Information:
  • South Dakota Secretary of State- Elections & Voter Registration
  • Telephone number: (605) 773-3537
  • E-mail: elections@state.sd.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • S.D. Codified Laws § 12-18-3 -  Electioneering, offices, distracting communications devices, and polling prohibited near polling place--Violation as misdemeanor
  • S.D. Codified Laws § 12-18-9.1 - Poll watchers and waiting voters not to see into booths--Interference with official actions--Violation as misdemeanor
  • S.D. Codified Laws § 12-26-21 -  Disobedience of precinct superintendent or precinct deputy as misdemeanor
  • S.D. Codified Laws § 12-26-22 - Disturbance of election proceedings as misdemeanor
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • South Dakota Election Day Precinct Manual 2008
    

Tennessee

• Contact Information:
  • Tennessee Department of State- Division of Elections
  • Telephone number: (615) 741-7956
  • E-mail: tennessee.elections@state.tn.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Tenn. Code. § 2-7-103 - Persons allowed in polling place
  • Tenn. Code. § 2-7-118 - Time limit for voting; removal of voter
  • Link to Tennessee Code

Texas

• Contact Information:
  • Texas Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (512) 463-5650
  • Toll-free number: (800) 252-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections@sos.state.tx.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Texas Elec. Code § 61.001 - Bystanders excluded
  • Texas Elec. Code § 61.003 - Electioneering and loitering near polling place prohibited
  • Texas Elec. Code § 61.006 - Unlawfully divulging vote
  • Texas Elec. Code § 61.008 - Unlawfully influencing voter
  • Texas Elec. Code § 61.013 - Use of certain devices
  • Link to Texas Statutes
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Texas: Documenting Your Vote

Utah

• Contact Information:
  • State of Utah Elections Office
  • Telephone number: (801) 538-1041
  • Toll-free number: (800) 995-VOTE
  • E-mail: gherbert@utah.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Utah Code § 20A-3-105(7), (9) -Marking and depositing ballots
  • Utah Code § 20A-3-501 - Polling place; prohibited activities
  • Utah Code § 20A-3-504 - Violations -- Penalties

Vermont

• Contact Information:
  • Vermont Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Outside VT telephone number: (802) 828-2464
  • In-state telephone number: (800) 439-8683
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Vt. Stat. tit. 17, § 2508 - Campaigning during polling hours; voter access
  • Vt. Stat. tit. 17, § 2566 -Marking ballots
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • 2008 Media Guide to Vermont Elections

Virginia

• Contact Information:
  • Virginia State Board of Elections
  • Telephone number: (804) 864-8901
  • Toll-free number: (800) 552-9745
  • E-mail: info@sbe.virginia.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Va. Code § 24.2-604 - Prohibited activities at polls; notice of prohibited area; presence of representatives of parties or candidates; simulated elections; penalties; neutral observers; news media
  • Va. Code § 24.2-607 - Prohibited conduct; intimidation of voters; disturbance of election; how prevented; penalties
  • Va. Code § 24.2-1011 - Ballot not to be carried away
    
  
  
• Other Resources:
  
  
  • Virginia: Documenting Your Vote

Washington

• Contact Information:
  • Washington Secretary of State- Elections & Voting
  • Telephone number: (360) 902-4180
  • Toll-free number: (800) 448-4881
  • E-mail: elections@secstate.wa.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.44.010 - Interference with voter prohibited
  • Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.84.420 - Unauthorized examination of ballots, election materials - Revealing information
  • Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.84.510 -Acts prohibited in vicinity of polling place; prohibited practices as to ballots
  • Wash. Rev. Code §29A.84.670 - Unlawful acts by voters

West Virginia

• Contact Information:
  • West Virginia Government Elections Website
  • West Virginia Secretary of State- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (304) 558-6000
  • Toll-free number: (866) SOS-VOTE
  • E-mail: elections@wvsos.com
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • W. Va. Code § 3-1-37 - Restrictions on presence and conduct at polls
  • W. Va. Code § 3-1-38 - Disorder at polls; procedure
  • W. Va. Code § 3-9-9 - Other unlawful acts at polling places; penalties
  • W. Va. Code § 3-9-10 - Disorder at polls; prevention 

Wisconsin

• Contact Information:
  • Wisconsin Government Accountability Board- Elections Division
  • Telephone number: (608) 266-8005
  • E-mail: gab@wi.gov
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Wisc. Stat. § 5.35(4)-(5) - Polling place requirements
  • Link to Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 5 - Elections

Wyoming

• Contact Information:
  • Wyoming Secretary of State- Election Division
  • Telephone number: (307) 777-7186
  • E-mail: elections@state.wy.us
  
  
• Relevant Law:
  
  
  • Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-103 - Preservation of order; space around voting booths and machines
  • Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-106 - Marking and depositing of paper ballots
  • Wyo. Stat. § 22-13-113 - Persons permitted in voting booth; time limit
  • Link to Wyoming Statutes, Title 22 - Elections