Tipsheet Ignorance of the Law, or Contempt for It? Carol Platt Liebau | October 14, 2010 5:56 PM Michelle Obama has been electioneering inside a polling place.Granted, her husband has only run for federal office twice in his career, but it's a pretty elementary part of election law: No electioneering within 100 feet of a polling place, and certainly not inside it.