I just read an article over a lawsuit in Pennsylvania about dress codes at the voting booth. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081004/ap_on_el_pr/what_voters_wear;_ylt=At5VdcR89a5xkbH5bct25UFsnwcF
Apparently you aren’t allowed to wear anything political when you go voting. The article says there are a view other states with this law as well. The Democrats are for them not following the dress code and the Republicans want it enforced.
Makes sense considering the Republicans are always talking about the ideals of this country and the Constitution and then doing everything they can to trample all over it. At least the Democrats actually believe in it, they don’t just talk about it.
This notion that it is electioneering is just absurd. When it comes election day and you are standing in line you generally know who you are voting for at that point and what you are voting yes or no on. We have secret ballots for a reason and it’s so people aren’t harassed or attacked for how they vote. If someone wants to be brave enough and wear something that says how they will be voting more power to them. If some how that gets someone else to change their vote then fine.
Telling people they can’t wear a political shirt, button, sticker, hat, whatever, is extremely Un-American to me. I mean come on first off voting is like one of the most patriotic things you can do and if you want to tell the world who you are voting for so be it. Not only do you have a Constitutional right to vote you have a Constitutional right to free speech and that speech doesn’t always have to be spoken. Telling someone they can’t vote until they stop using their 1st Amendment right violates a whole lot of stuff this country was founded on.
Anyone for this kind of law needs to take a good hard look at themselves in the mirror. And then they need to ask themselves exactly what it is they think this country stands for and if they believe in those principals and the document that spells them out.
What’s next, ticketing cars with political stickers that park within a certain distance of the polls?
