bepress Legal Series
"You Can't Wear That to Vote": The Constitutionality of State Laws Prohibiting the Wearing of Political Message Buttons
Abstract
My research for this article began on Election Day 2004 when I was told that I could not wear a campaign button into the polling room while voting in Virginia. The article outlines the laws of all 50 states that restrict a voter’s right to speak in and around polling places. It focuses on the 10 states that explicitly prohibit a voter from wearing “buttons” to the polls.
Recommended Citation
Kimberly J. Tucker,
""You Can't Wear That to Vote": The Constitutionality of State Laws Prohibiting the Wearing of Political Message Buttons"
(February 18, 2006).
bepress Legal Series.
Working Paper 977.
http://law.bepress.com/expresso/eps/977