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Wednesday, September 24. 2008

North Carolina Elections Rumor Control: Wearing Obama T-shirt will not get you blocked from voting

I have seen email after email warning Obama supporters that if they wore their "Obama Gear" to the polls, that they would be blocked from voting. Or they would be told they could stay and vote if they "turned their shirts inside out" or other rubbish.

None of those rumors are true, but please don't take my word for it. If you wear your Obama t-shirt, McCain t-shirt, Bob Barr t-shirt, or Cynthia McKinnie t-shirt, will you get turned away from the polls? To clear matters up, I emailed Don Wright, the General Counsel for the North Carolina State Board of Elections today. He replied in a matter of minutes:

From: Don Wright
To: Joyce McCloy
Subject: RE: electioneering question
Date: Sep 24, 2008 3:16 PM
This rumor has been circulating for several days.

We allow voters to wear items inside the polling place in North Carolina. But other
states may differ (I understand Tenn. does not allow it)

A NC voter may enter a voting place to vote wearing political items as long as they...