Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the proprietor or manager of a residential mental health facility.
(b) As used in this section, "place of lodging" refers to any of the following:
(1) A boarding house.
(2) A lodging house.
(3) A residential building.
(4) An apartment.
(5) Any other place within which persons are lodged.
(c) The:
(1) proprietor or manager of a place of lodging; or
(2) association of co-owners;
shall allow a poll taker for a political party or an independent candidate for a federal or a state office to enter a place of lodging or a condominium during reasonable hours to take a poll of residents.