Steve Klein <stephen.klein.esq@gmail.com> wrote:
And how far do these corporate connections go?
If I don't wear a WWE shirt, but slap into a Slim Jim while waiting in line
to vote, might the connection to Macho Man Randy Savage recall the WWE and
thus count as electioneering?
Re the report from Texas the other day regarding Obama t-shirts in a local
election; there was mention that Calvin Coolidge t-shirts would not be
turned away because the average person will not recall the good President's
party affiliation. Given that the Macho Man pre-dates the conversion from
the WWF to the WWE (with due respect to World Wildlife), would this sever
the connection?
This is pretty heavy for a Monday.
On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Bill Maurer <wmaurer@ij.org> wrote:
Do any of the wrestlers who work for WWE live in Connecticut? I’d like
to see what would happen if someone told the Iron Sheikh or the Undertaker
that they had to take their WWE shirts off to vote.
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*From:* election-law-bounces@mailman.lls.edu [mailto:
election-law-bounces@mailman.lls.edu] *On Behalf Of *Rick Hasen
*Sent:* Monday, October 25, 2010 1:06 PM
*To:* richardwinger@yahoo.com
*Cc:* EugeneVolokh; election-law@mailman.lls.edu
*Subject:* Re: [EL] WWE merchandise at Connecticut polls
This is not a new issue. There were lots of questions about Obama t-shirts
in 2008. See this article with a 50-state survey of the law:
http://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4685&context=expresso
"You Can't Wear That to Vote": The Constitutionality of State Laws
Prohibiting the Wearing of Political Message Buttons
Kimberly J. Tucker American University Washington College of Law
See also this:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/electioneering.asp
http://www.khou.com/news/Obama-T-shirt-Serves-as-Voting-Dress-Code-Reminder-105478623.html
On 10/25/2010 12:21 PM, Richard Winger wrote:
The Connecticut Secretary of State's rule is not sensible. Should
California bar a voter from wearing anything that refers to e-Bay or
Hewlett-Packard?
On reflection, I think all bans on what voters wear at the polls are
silly. I would draw a line between someone handing out literature or
buttons at a polling place, versus someone entering a polling place merely
to vote (and not staying longer than that) who happens to be wearing
something indicating a state of mind about the election. These clothing
bans treat the voters as though they were little children.
--- On *Mon, 10/25/10, Volokh, Eugene <VOLOKH@law.ucla.edu><VOLOKH@law.ucla.edu>
* wrote:
From: Volokh, Eugene <VOLOKH@law.ucla.edu> <VOLOKH@law.ucla.edu>
Subject: [EL] WWE merchandise at Connecticut polls
To: "election-law@mailman.lls.edu" <election-law@mailman.lls.edu>
<election-law@mailman.lls.edu> <election-law@mailman.lls.edu>
Date: Monday, October 25, 2010, 11:48 AM
I was wondering whether list members had thoughts on this:
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-22/politics/connecticut.elections.wwe_1_linda-mcmahon-poll-workers-vince-mcmahon?_s=PM:POLITICS
Republicans lashed out Friday after the Connecticut secretary of state said
poll workers would have the right to ask voters wearing World Wrestling
Entertainment merchandise to cover up because it could be considered
campaigning.
Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon left her job as chief executive
of WWE to run for office. And a spokesman for Secretary of State Susan
Bysiewicz said McMahon is so closely associated with the organization that
wrestling garb could easily be construed as political advertising.
"It's not that much of an inconvenience in the few minutes that you're
voting that you don't serve as an advertisement for somebody'spolitical
campaign," said Av Harris, a spokesman for Bysiewicz.
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