§ 1.16.020. Nonpartisan.

A.

All city elections must be nonpartisan. Partisan activity in city elections is a form of unlawful electioneering. It is the policy of the city that unlawful electioneering which violates the requirement of nonpartisan election activity should be punished by law.

B.

Electioneering is knowingly and by any means attempting to promote or oppose candidates, or persuade or influence eligible voters to vote for or against a particular candidate for city office. Electioneering includes but is not limited to wearing, exhibiting or distributing labels, signs, posters, stickers or other materials that clearly identify a candidate in the election as affiliated with any political party or no political party, or clearly indicates support or opposition to a question submitted election within any polling place on election day or advance voting site during the time period allowed by law for casting a ballot by advance voting or within a radius of two hundred fifty (250) feet from the entrance thereof. Electioneering shall not include bumper stickers affixed to a motor vehicle that issued to transport voters to a polling place or to an advance voting site for the purpose of voting. Electioneering is a Class C Unclassified Misdemeanor punished upon conviction by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(Ord. No. 1583 , § 1, 3-6-17)