Election Information

CUYAHOGA COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS

CAMPAIGNING ON CITY PROPERTY

G. NON-COMMERCIAL SOLICITING, ELECTIONEERING, AND DEMONSTRATING.

(1) Non-Commercial Activities. Campaigning for election to any public office, collecting signatures on petitions, polls, or surveys, fundraising and charitable sales by educational or non-profit organizations, leafleting, distributing literature, picketing, and demonstrating by members of the public for non-profit causes are "Non-Commercial Activities" and are permitted on public property except as provided herein.

(a) Non-Commercial Activities are prohibited in lobbies and other interior areas of City buildings open to the public and in the Aquatic Center.


(b) Tables, chairs, freestanding signs or posters, structures, or furniture of any type may only be placed upon outdoor plazas, lawns or landscaped areas, driveways, parking lots, or other exterior spaces with the consent of the City.


(c) No person shall block or obstruct the free passage of any pedestrian or vehicular traffic, or interfere with ingress or egress to any City property. Non-Commercial activity shall be conducted no less than 25 feet from the entrance into any building and shall not interfere with the business of the City or any other activity that lawfully is occurring on City Property.

View the Policy for Conduct of the Public on City of Beachwood Proper (PDF).