Well, what do we have here? Ilhan Omar and Keith Ellison at a Minneapolis early-voting site, just feet from a voter casting a ballot, with cameras rolling all around them.
But get this…
Minn. Stat. § 204C.06, subd. 1 limits who may stand within 100 feet of a polling place. Subd. 2(a) limits who may remain inside and who may approach within six feet of voting booths or equipment. Subd. 8 says news media may not approach within six feet of a voter. § 211B.11, subd. 1 prohibits soliciting votes or displaying campaign materials inside polling places and, during early voting, within 100 feet of the room, as far as practicable.
Omar is on the ballot for Congress. Ellison is on the ballot for Attorney General. Their presence as high-profile candidates, with media in tow, while voters are casting ballots, looks like exactly the lingering and electioneering these rules are written to prevent. Ordinary citizens don’t get to do this.
Rules for thee, not for me.