Told to cover up pro-Trump shirt in poll site, this woman voted in her bra - silive.com

A New Jersey woman was told by election workers in Hamilton Township that she had to cover up her pro-Donald Trump shirt and couldn’t wear her MAGA hat in the polling place.

Enraged, the woman took off the hat and shirt, spinning the shirt like a lasso, NJ.com reported.

She then voted, wearing her bra, and hurled vulgar epithets at the workers before a crowd of as many as 100 voters, several people told NJ Advance Media.

That wasn’t the only voter whose clothing ran afoul of New Jersey poll site electioneering law, NJ.com reported.

In Gloucester Township, a female voter entered the poll site wearing a red cloak and white bonnet, inspired by “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the dystopian book and television series about a patriarchal society where women are forced into sexual slavery to bear children for their masters.

The voter complied with the request to remove her cloak and bonnet before voting. She then walked out quietly while putting her outfit back on.

Electioneering is against the law in New Jersey.

That means people cannot “distribute or display any circular or printed matter or offer any suggestion or solicit any support for any candidate, party or public question within the polling place or room or within a distance of 100 feet of the outside entrance to such polling place or room, or within 100 feet of a ballot drop box in use during the conduct of an election.”

That includes wearing T-shirts, hats or buttons that support a candidate or can be interpreted as trying to sway a voter’s opinion, election officials said. Bumper stickers and flags on vehicles within 100 feet of polling places are also prohibited.

Early voting began in New Jersey last Saturday, with heavy turnout so far.

In addition to long lines, New Jersey poll workers have had to contend with, and sometimes confront, belligerent people who insist on showing their candidate preferences at the polls.

Many voters may not realize that wearing political messaging while voting is not allowed, election officials told NJ.com, but some simply don’t seem to care.

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