Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/09/16/election-workers-said-she-coul.html
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Well played. Live free or die!
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Be careful what you ask for.
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I hoping by that he means a faithful representation of the flag and not one of its innumerable bastardizations.
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Y’know, having left America, things like this make me realize I kinda miss you crazy fuckers.
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So, the apolitical statement of being topless is: All politicians are boobs.
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That’s American Democracy in action. Love this woman.
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If you give someone an option, do not be surprised if they take it…
(One of my favorite lines in the MIB movies: Edgar: “Over my dead body” Alien: “Your terms are accepted.”)
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It was in Exeter, NH, one of the many places claiming to be the birthplace of the GOP.
I kind of hope she was voting in the Republican primary.
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Hello waves Election Coordinator in a major city here. I run polling places on election days, making sure equipment is in working order and laws and rules are followed. That includes making sure the polling place is free of electioneering so that folks are able to vote without interference. No one is allowed to bring any kind of campaigning materials into the polling place. You come to a polling place to vote, not campaign for a candidate, nor is that allowed. This is standard practice at polling places around the country.
There’s a reason you see people handing out flyers and campaign materials a distance from the polling place: most polling places are marked out with a zone explicitly prohibiting that activity past a point. It’s extremely important that polling places remain neutral on election days, for extremely obvious reasons. Don’t wear shirts or buttons that support a candidate to the polling place. Don’t hand out materials inside either, or talk about your choice of candidates. Respect the right of others to vote without influence. This woman should not have worn that shirt to the polling place, period. Here’s the definition of Electioneering straight from our EC manual:
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To be fair, she wasn’t wearing a shirt supporting Joe Biden or any particular candidate; she was wearing a t-shirt that compared Trump with a dead John McCain.
But I’ll concede that this type of shirt may qualify as electioneering under NH rules.
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Principled stance countering “censorship,” or childish refusal to follow rules?
YOU MAKE THE CALL!
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To be fair, Trump is a candidate.
While I realize we’re in a unique time time right now and our votes mean more than they possibly ever have, please find some respect for the folks who will be working the polls this year and risking their health and safety to make sure you and everyone else can exercise your constitutional right, as well as the laws and rules of the polling places where you exercise that constitutional right.
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The lesson here is everybody was correct in words and actions and no one got threatened or harmed.
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No shirt, no shoes, no vote.
lool. Yes.
“Free the nipple!” Isn’t there already a movement for that?
Yeah, that’s what I understood as well. Whether for or against was beside the point, rules clearly state you can’t wear anything for or against any candidate. Well, you can, but you have to cover it up for the duration that you are at the polling place.
The reason why this rule exists is to cut down on disruptive behaviour, as people in the past have tried to use t-shirts as loopholes around the “no campaigning at the polling place” rules. They are so strict because in the past, some campaigns have been assholes on purpose.
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As long as they don’t start a party, then voting topless will be banned as being partisan.
