Yes, @wilma, I agree with @JLeslie. They are just providing a polling place. I suppose some member of the church is around somewhere, to lock up afterwards, but I never seen anyone the church where I vote that wasn’t either voting or a poll worker, except for the people who have their kids in tow. It really doesn’t bother me. When it comes to an election, the church; it’s just a building, nothing more.
And it would be illegal for anyone at the church to post any materials or attempt to approach you if it could be perceived as an attempt to influence your vote. “Electioneering” is illegal at polling places, though I think the distance and what constitutes electioneering may vary from state to state. In my state it’s within fifty feet and includes:
”….political discussion of issues, candidates or partisan topics, the wearing of any button, banner or other object referring to issues, candidates or partisan topics, the display, distribution or other handling of literature or any writing or drawing referring to issues, candidates or partisan topics, the deliberate projection of sound referring to issues, candidates or partisan topics from loudspeakers or otherwise into the polling place or the area within 50 feet of the entrance to the building in which the voting room is located.”
Anyway, I have no choice. If you vote in person, you are required to vote at your designated polling place. However, there’s no religion going on in the part of church where and when I vote, so voting there doesn’t bother me at all.