{"id":1472,"date":"2008-10-14T15:58:36","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T19:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2008-10-14T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2008-10-14T21:24:34","slug":"va-sbe-screws-the-first-amendment-no-political-shirtsbuttons-when-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/10\/14\/va-sbe-screws-the-first-amendment-no-political-shirtsbuttons-when-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"VA SBE Screws the First Amendment: No Political Shirts\/Buttons When Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/2008\/10\/va_officials_ban_campaign_clot.php\">State Board of Elections voted to<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>ban clothing and hats as well as buttons and other paraphernalia that directly advocate the election or defeat of a specific candidate or issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ah, Virginia.\u00c2\u00a0 Are you really the place that produced Thomas Jefferson?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Got this in the mail just now.\u00c2\u00a0 No, it is not a joke.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nWe are seeking old shirts to donate to the Voter Registrar for use on Election Day.\u00c2\u00a0 Many enthusiastic voters are not aware of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153law\u00e2\u20ac\u009d against wearing political messages into the polling area.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 In the past, many of these voters have been told to leave until they can change their clothes.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 But there is an alternative!\u00c2\u00a0 The Registrar has agreed to accept our donations of extra shirts to give to voters to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153cover up\u00e2\u20ac\u009d while they vote.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 So we need 51 shirts!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Please look in your closest and see if you can donate a few shirts for this effort!\u00c2\u00a0 In particular, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking for:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Large or extra-large<br \/>\n-\u00c2\u00a0 Short sleeve<br \/>\n&#8211; Button down\u00c2\u00a0 AND<br \/>\n&#8211; Clean (but old and worn is fine)<\/p>\n<p>If you have such shirts you can permanently donate to this effort, please e-mail me at XXXXXXXX and I will work with you to arrange drop-off at a suitable location.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am simultaneously impressed (by the quick reaction and flexiblity) and horrified (that it is even necessary).<\/p>\n<p>(It occurs to me that a donation of 51 burkhas may be appropriate.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the State Board of Elections voted to: ban clothing and hats as well as buttons and other paraphernalia that directly advocate the election or defeat of a specific candidate or issue. Ah, Virginia.\u00c2\u00a0 Are you really the place that produced Thomas Jefferson? Update: Got this in the mail just now.\u00c2\u00a0 No, it is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1478,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1472\/revisions\/1478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}