Woman votes topless after being told to take off anti-Trump shirt at NH polling place

[steve2470]

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/515786-woman-votes-topless-after-being-told-to-take-off-anti-trump

A New Hampshire woman voting in the state’s Tuesday primary election voted topless after she was told that she couldn’t wear a shirt criticizing President Trump to cast her ballot.

Exeter Town Moderator Paul Scafidi said the woman walked into a voting location Tuesday wearing a t-shirt that read “McCain Hero, Trump Zero.” Scafidi said he told the woman that she could not wear a shirt featuring a political candidate while voting, the Portsmouth Herald reported.

The woman allegedly argued to Scafidi that another voter was wearing a shirt with an American flag on it. New Hampshire state law says that no person “shall distribute, wear, or post at a polling place any campaign material,” punishable by up to a $1,000 fine.

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“I said, I’d rather she not,” Scafidi said. “But she took it off so fast, no one had time to react so the whole place just went, ‘Woah,’ and she walked away, and I let her vote. She could’ve just gone into the hallway and turned it inside-out.”

eta: original source here

https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20200909/exeter-woman-votes-topless-after-anti-trump-shirt-disallowed

[demtenjeep]

1. good for her

BUT

you can't wear stuff like that voting

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. Damn Feisty, good for her. Good protest! nt

[Sancho]

3. ...without pictures it didn't happen...

[Baclava]

8. FYI, its legal for women to go topless in 6 states, CO, WY, NM, OK, KS, UT

#FreeTheNipple movement won federal approval there

[magicarpet]

4. She must have had a bra on ,... right ?

A friend was asking,.... any photos ?

[steve2470]

6. had nothing on underneath

Scafidi said at that point, the woman asked him if he wanted her to take her shirt off, despite not wearing anything underneath

https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20200909/exeter-woman-votes-topless-after-anti-trump-shirt-disallowed

[JI7]

5. She is an idiot. She could have covered it up while she went to vote

and then taken off the cover when she left .

The people there are working during the virus. Make things easier for them.

[eShirl]

9. Maybe she was making a statement.

And not an idiot.

[SharonClark]

10. Her statement was that she didn't want to

follow the “no political messages” rule. That’s a good rule. She’s an idiot.

[PoliticAverse]

7. "allegedly argued to Scafidi that another voter was wearing a shirt with an American flag on it".

Ok that's a really poor argument.

There is appearently no explicit state law against women being topless in New Hampshire.