01 Nov 2012
A
woman wearing a T-shirt with letters printed “Vote for Bible” was told
to cover-up or get-out by election officials manning a polling booth
because its deemed offensive and implicitly suggests to “vote
Republican” in Texas.
Now a Christian group is threatening to a file motion against the officials.
The Texas election code states that “a person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 100 feet” of polling place.
However, the President of the Texas Values President Jonathan Saenz in a complaint to the Williamson Country Election Administrator has said that Alva Kay Hill was told that her T-shirt is offensive because it suggested to vote for Republican.
Hill was later able to vote after an official gave her a jacket.
Saenz is demanding the election officials to offer public apology and says the woman was humiliated, and intimidated. But Williamson County Public Affairs Director Connie Watson told KTBC that poll workers were simply following Texas election law.
“The shirt did say vote so it did have to do with voting,” she explained. “Electioneering or loitering within 100 feet of the entrance to the polling place or inside the polling place is not allowed. Electioneering would cover wearing a hat, a pen, a T-shirt or a sign that would indicate a position for a political party, candidate or a proposition.”
Raw Story (http://s.tt/1rxat)
Now a Christian group is threatening to a file motion against the officials.
The Texas election code states that “a person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 100 feet” of polling place.
However, the President of the Texas Values President Jonathan Saenz in a complaint to the Williamson Country Election Administrator has said that Alva Kay Hill was told that her T-shirt is offensive because it suggested to vote for Republican.
Hill was later able to vote after an official gave her a jacket.
Saenz is demanding the election officials to offer public apology and says the woman was humiliated, and intimidated. But Williamson County Public Affairs Director Connie Watson told KTBC that poll workers were simply following Texas election law.
“The shirt did say vote so it did have to do with voting,” she explained. “Electioneering or loitering within 100 feet of the entrance to the polling place or inside the polling place is not allowed. Electioneering would cover wearing a hat, a pen, a T-shirt or a sign that would indicate a position for a political party, candidate or a proposition.”
Raw Story (http://s.tt/1rxat)
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