Voter Turned Away for T-Shirt
Polling irregularities mar Ohio’s primary election on March 4
By Matt Koesters
When Bradley Tucker, 25, arrived to vote at his polling location in Mt. Healthy early Tuesday, March 4, he was ready to support his candidate. Tucker showed his support by wearing a Barack Obama campaign sweatshirt and a matching button. He was ready to vote.
He wasn’t ready to be confronted by a poll worker for his choice of clothing.
"When he came up to me, I was kind of surprised, because I had never dealt with this question while voting," said Mr. Tucker. "I could see if I was standing in line, chanting ‘Obama,’ but I was just standing there waiting my turn and not speaking to anyone."
Mr. Tucker said a poll worker at the Lakeknoll Drive polling location instructed him to cease campaigning and informed him he would have to remove his sweatshirt prior to being allowed to cast his ballot. Mr. Tucker said he was not campaigning and refused to take off his sweatshirt, and was eventually permitted to vote by another poll worker without having to change his attire.
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March 7th, 2008 at 3:55 am
[…] PinoyBlogoSphere.com (PBS) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPolling irregularities mar Ohio’s primary election on March 4 By Matt Koesters When Bradley Tucker, 25, arrived to vote at his polling location in Mt. Healthy early Tuesday, March 4, he was ready to support his candidate. Tucker showed his support by wearing a Barack Obama campaign sweatshirt and a matching button. He was ready to vote. He wasn’t ready to be confronted by a poll worker for his choice of clothing. “When he came up to me, I was kind of surprised, because I had never dealt wit […]