Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been “reminded” not to solicit votes near polling sites after President Bill Clinton ventured into a polling location in Boston on Tuesday, the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office said. 
 
 Massachusetts election rules forbid the solicitation of a vote for or against a candidate, party, or position within 150 feet of a polling place. 
 
 Alongside Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Clinton greeted election workers and voters on Tuesday at the Holy Name Parish School, a polling location in West Roxbury. The former president chatted up voters, kissed an old lady on the head, posed for photos, and bought a cup of coffee, MassLive reports. 
 
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 Former President Clinton, Mayor Marty Walsh greet kids at Holy Name Parish School in West Roxbury. @wbur pic.twitter.com/Q8dnfYCP2k — Daniel A. Guzman (@DGQuoVadimus) March 1, 2016 
 
 Brian McNiff, a spokesman for Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, said he had heard about Bill Clinton’s presence. McNiff said that Hillary Clinton’s campaign “has been reminded” of the 150-foot rule. 
 
 Bonnie McGilpin, a spokeswoman for Walsh’s office, said Walsh joined Clinton to thank poll workers, but “they were not campaigning inside the polling location.” 
 
 McNiff was asked if Clinton’s presence would, on its own, constitute a solicitation. 
 
 “He’s a well known person. And he’s a spouse of a candidate,” McNiff said. “That should answer the question.” 
 
 He declined to further elaborate. 
 
 However, Galvin told The New York Times it was acceptable for Clinton to enter a polling place—so long as he did not solicit votes. He said he had to remind poll workers “that even a president can’t go inside and work a polling place.” 
 
 “He can go in, but he can’t approach voters,” Galvin said. “We just took the extra precaution of telling them because this is not a usual occurrence. You don’t usually get a president doing this.” 
 
 At one point during Clinton’s visit in West Roxbury, a woman asked to take a photo with Clinton. 
 
 “As long as we’re not violating any election laws,” he said, according to MassLive. 
 
 The visit to West Roxbury was the first of four planned stops Clinton made in Massachusetts on Tuesday to promote the candidacy of his wife Hillary. 
 
 Bill Clinton also stopped for photos and hand-shaking at the Free Library in Newton, where a crowd of about 200 people had assembled, The Boston Globe reports. 
 
 Clinton’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ||||| WEST ROXBURY - At 9:35 a.m., as a steady stream of voters headed into Holy Name Church gymnasium to vote, former President Bill Clinton arrived in an SUV. 
 
 He waved, he shook hands, he posed for pictures, he kissed an old lady on the top of her head. 
 
 One man was overheard exclaiming, "I just bumped into the president. It was awesome!" 
 
 Clinton, the former president and the husband of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is spending Tuesday morning in Massachusetts, visiting four polling places in the eastern part of the state. He also held a late-night rally in Worcester on Monday. 
 
 Massachusetts is one of more than a dozen states holding a presidential primary or caucus on Super Tuesday, and it is home to one of the tightest contests on the Democratic side, where Hillary Clinton is running against Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. 
 
 "It's great to see the attention here in Boston and Massachusetts," said Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. "I think that people aren't taking it for granted. Certainly, President Clinton being here today says a lot on Election Day. He could be in any state in the country, and he's here in Massachusetts." 
 
 Clinton spent 45 minutes at the polling place in West Roxbury, his first stop of the day. He did not take press questions, but spent the time shaking hands, chatting with voters and posing for pictures. He repeated over and over, ""Hi, How are you?" and "So glad to see you." He greeted a child with a, "Hi, beautiful," signed a voter's Hillary Clinton campaign sign, and said "thank you" and "bless you" to voters. He greeted a woman who he was told was 104 years old. 
 
 "Welcome to West Roxbury," a voter said. Another chimed in, "We'll make you an honorary citizen." Clinton said, "Thank you." 
 
 Clinton walked inside the polling place, escorted by Walsh and West Roxbury's unofficial mayor Richie Gormley. He stopped at a bake sale near the entrance and bought a cup of coffee. 
 
 When one woman asked for a photo inside the polling place, Clinton said, "As long as we're not violating any election laws," and posed. Clinton waved, saluted and gave thumbs up to voters and volunteers. As he left the polling place, a group of around 100 elementary school children were waiting outside. Clinton gave high fives to many of them, and posed with Walsh in front of the children. 
 
 Walsh said after Clinton left that one woman told the former president that she had voted for Republican Ted Cruz, but her 98-year-old mother voted for Hillary Clinton. "He took a piece of paper out of his pocket and wrote her a note for her mother," Walsh said. 
 
 Boston City Councilor Matt O'Malley, a supporter of former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley -- who started supporting Hillary Clinton when O'Malley dropped out of the presidential race -- called Clinton's visit "such an honor." 
 
 "President Bill Clinton was one of the greatest presidents certainly of my lifetime," O'Malley said. "You think of how the economy was so strong in the 90s, you think of the way he conducted foreign policy, he was terrific." 
 
 "It's an absolute honor for the neighborhood that a former president would come by and spend some time with us and meet the kids," O'Malley said. 
 
 As Clinton's vehicle drove away from the polling place, he stuck his head out of the SUV and waved. 
 
 Correction: Gormley is often referred to as West Roxbury's mayor, but that is not his formal title. ||||| Former President Bill Clinton greeted people inside the Newton Free Library, a polling place, during Tuesday’s primary election. 
 
 Bill Clinton’s presence inside a polling location in Boston on Super Tuesday raised concerns about whether the former president violated state rules on election campaigning. 
 
 While stumping for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton entered a polling station at the Holy Name Parish School’s gymnasium in West Roxbury early Tuesday. 
 
 It was there that he spoke with workers, bought a cup of coffee, and apparently took a photo with one woman, according to press pool reports. 
 
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 A video clip showing Bill Clinton shaking hands with election clerks at Holy Name, alongside Mayor Martin J. Walsh, had some people on Twitter questioning the former president’s appearance indoors. 
 
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 “Aren’t there rules about electioneering at the polling location?” one person wrote on Twitter, after seeing the video. 
 
 “How is this legal?” a second person asked on social media. 
 
 Secretary of State William F. Galvin told the New York Times that he had to remind election workers that “even a president can’t go inside and work a polling place.” 
 
 “He can go in, but he can’t approach voters,” Galvin said. “We just took the extra precaution of telling them because this is not a usual occurrence. You don’t usually get a president doing this.” 
 
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 According to the Election Day Legal Summary on Galvin’s website, certain activities on Election Day are prohibited within polling locations and within 150 feet of polling places, including the “solicitation of votes for or against, or any other form of promotion or opposition of, any person or political party.” 
 
 Bill Clinton had also been inside the Newton Free Library, a polling station in Newton, on Tuesday, after greeting supporters outside. 
 
 A spokesman from Galvin’s office said Hillary Clinton’s campaign had been “notified” of the state rules. 
 
 “We have heard about it, and the clerks have been instructed and the campaign has been instructed that 150 feet is the rule,” said Brian McNiff, a spokesman for Galvin’s office. 
 
 Bill Clinton seemed determined during his stop in Boston to stay in line. 
 
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 When one woman asked for a photo with him in West Roxbury, he replied, “As long as we’re not violating any election laws,” according to a pool report. 
 
 An official from Walsh’s office said the duo was not campaigning inside of the polling location, however. 
 
 “President Clinton joined Mayor Walsh to thank poll workers in West Roxbury this morning,” said spokeswoman Bonnie McGilpin. 
 
 Walsh has endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. 
 
 Bill Clinton also made a stop in New Bedford to greet a large crowd of voters Tuesday. 
 
 Steve Annear can be reached at steve.annear@globe.com . Follow him on Twitter @steveannear ||||| BOSTON (CBS) – The Secretary of State’s office is looking into the actions of former President Bill Clinton, who was campaigning for his wife across Massachusetts on Super Tuesday. 
 
 Clinton stopped in several towns, but also inside a polling location that he wasn’t supposed to be in. 
 
 Alongside Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, the former president shook hands and took pictures with voters inside a polling location in West Roxbury Tuesday morning. 
 
 “He’s certainly free to visit polling places,” Secretary of State William Galvin said in an interview with WBZ NewsRadio 1030. “He cannot campaign though within 150 feet.” 
 
 Galvin said he gently reminded the Clinton campaign what the rules are. 
 
 “So we are being very clear with local election officials irrespective of his status, he cannot go inside a polling place and approach voters,” Galvin said. 
 
 Galvin said there is a penalty, but they only take action in cases of “absolute disobedience.” 
 
 “He was a good president so we just want to make sure that he knows the rules,” Galvin said. “He’s not from here so he may not know.”
– Hours before his wife was named the Massachusetts primary winner on Super Tuesday, apparent political novice Bill Clinton strolled into a polling station in Boston. Standing with Mayor Marty Walsh at the Holy Name Parish School, Clinton greeted poll staff and voters and even kissed an elderly woman on the head, reports Boston.com. When one woman asked to take a photo with him, he responded, "as long as we're not violating any election laws," reports MassLive.com. He might have done just that. The office of Massachusetts' Secretary of State William Galvin notes Hillary Clinton's campaign had to be "reminded" that state election rules bar the solicitation of a vote within 150 feet of a polling location. The former president had also entered a polling station in Newton, reports the Boston Globe. When asked if his presence alone was a violation, a rep said, "He's a well-known person and he's a spouse of a candidate. That should answer the question." Galvin, however, says Clinton was permitted in polling stations as long as he didn't solicit votes. "We just took the extra precaution of telling them because this is not a usual occurrence," he tells the New York Times. Galvin adds Clinton is "not from here so he may not know" the rules, noting penalties are only dished out in cases of "absolute disobedience," per CBS Boston. A rep for Walsh says he and Clinton "were not campaigning inside the polling location."