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Headem Up Moveem Out By Frank Friday Esquire Director New Rules For Polls By Frank Friday Esquire Director turn up in out-of-state livestock auctions which apparently need little documentation or may be abandoned if they cannot be sold quickly. The situation for horses is even more problematic as animal rights groups succeeded in passing laws in 2007 ending horse-meat processing. This had to be the unintended consequence of leaving many poor horse owners with no way of economically disposing of old or infirm equines and leading to many animals just being turned loose. There are some animal care groups that find homes for unwanted horses but this is an expensive proposition. The cost of caring for even a healthy horse This last spring the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals threw out Kentuckys law requiring a 300 foot perimeter prohibiting electioneering within 300 feet of the entrance to a polling place. The issue had come to the court after Campbell County deputy sheriffs took down signs at an auto body shop across the street from a church used as a voting place in 2014. A similar incident had occurred in 2012. The courts ruled then that Kentuckys law was too broad and did not contain a private property exception. Since this ruling took place after the General Assembly had left its session the State Board of Elections put in place an emergency regulation prohibiting electioneering including the posting of signs just within 100 feet of the entrance to a polling place. There is an exception for private property exit polling and bumper stickers on cars parked within a 100 feet as long as their passengers only remain for a reasonable time to complete voting. can run over 2000 a year while a UC- Davis study showed rescued animals cost almost 4000 a year to properly maintain. One would have to think the Voters as always are also allowed to wear candidate buttons and shirts as long as they are not distributing these items. Jefferson County and several other jurisdictions also have local ordinances not affected by the federal ruling ours for instance requires a 200 foot limit with a private property exception. To avoid confusion however only the 100 foot limit will be enforced this fall. Its possible a new law will be passed next year to replace the regulation however that new law will likely just be a restatement of the regulation in force 100 feet with private property exceptions. problem of abandoned large animals will only grow in the future and Kentuckys new stray law will be well tested. Until the 1980s when anti-electioneering laws were put in place in Kentucky voting sites were typically crowded with partisans of many candidates handing out flyers and making last-minute appeals for votes. It was felt this was an unseemly practice and contributed to corruption and possible undue pressure on voters. Kentucky is largely in line with other states in these laws as all 50 states now have some sort of law forbidding electioneering in the polling place or adjacent thereto although six states prohibit even passive electioneering such as wearing buttons at the polls. In the future until such time as elections become totally vote-by-mail as they have in Oregon or some internet form of voting partisans will always contest the limits of the electioneering laws seeking every last little advantage. continued from page 1 Electioneering is NOT PERMITED within 100 feet 2