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Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker
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For those unaware, like the perp here, you can't wear election related material in or around polling places. It's called "Electioneering".
https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering-prohibitions
Texas (where this happened):
100 ft. of an outside door through which a voter may enter a building in which a polling place is located
Campaign materials/signs/banners/literature
Projecting sounds Referring to candidates/issues
Loitering
Apparel/buttons/stickers/placards
Tex. Elec. Code § 61.003 and .004
Tex. Elec. Code § 61.010
Huh. I thought I knew about this, but I didn’t realize it applied to individual voters. I thought it was more geared towards volunteers, demonstrators, poll workers, etc. Thanks!