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Published on Saturday, October 04, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Sue Nace thought election volunteers were joking when they told her she would have to remove her T-shirt to vote in the presidential primary last spring.
But it was no laughing matter to the poll workers-turned-fashion police, who said Nace's Obama shirt was inappropriate electioneering - and made her cover the writing before casting a ballot.
Now, a political fight over what voters can wear to the polls is headed to court in Pennsylvania - with the Republican Party favoring a dress code and Democrats opposed.
To the GOP, the lack of rules could open the door to all kinds of questionable displays - even, one Republican leader suggested, something as outlandish as a musical hat.
To the Democrats, voters should be free to express themselves. They fear a dress code could scare away some new voters
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