Maricopa County elections chief: Tea party shirt won't fly at polling sites here

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• azmesa posted at 1:11 am on Sun, Oct 24, 2010.

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  Mesatoo, you would have a point IF the tea party were a political party. It is not! If it was, you would see Dem, Rep, Lib, Green, TP on the ticket. We see no TP so it is not one.

  EastValleyGuy, great point... you made me laugh. To follow with that, if I wore a Dbacks jersey would it be considered anti Cubs?

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• EastValleyGuy posted at 1:00 am on Sun, Oct 24, 2010.

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  So does this mean if I were to wear a Chicago Cubs Tshirt to the polls in Mesa I would not be allowed to vote as it might show that I am in favor of approving the funding for a new stadium?

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• Mesatoo posted at 9:22 pm on Sat, Oct 23, 2010.

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  If candidates support the tea party agenda and many are actually identified as tea party candidates, how can wearing a tea party shirt not be electioneering.

  It's hard enough to get people to man the elections without people intentionally making it difficult. This opens the door to more confrontations at the polls and how does that uphold the citizen's right to vote? I do not understand why this person and the Goldwater Institute want to undermine the privacy and security of the polling place?

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• Rich posted at 8:04 am on Sat, Oct 23, 2010.

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  IceCat

  I guess we'll see.

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• IceCat posted at 6:56 am on Sat, Oct 23, 2010.

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  Rich, the federal court order only applies to Coconino County.

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• Rich posted at 9:34 pm on Fri, Oct 22, 2010.

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  "On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Teilborg signed an order allowing anyone wearing Flagstaff tea party T-shirt to vote at the polls on Election Day."

  
  "...but that same shirt is "not appropriate," and would not be welcome at Valley polling sites, said Karen Osborne, director of elections for Maricopa County."

  Since when do bureaucrats outrank U. S. District Court Judges? I am going to do my best to find a Flagstaff tea party T-shirt and wear it to the polls. Won't vote for a single candidate supported by the 'Tea Party' Actually think they're all inappropriate terms, but the idea of a bureaucrat outranking a Judge is a bit much. If I'm denied the right to vote, well I guess I'll have to go see Mr. Bolick.

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• TruthSeeker posted at 7:49 pm on Fri, Oct 22, 2010.

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  I'll bet that teachers' unions and SEIU members will be allowed to wear their electioneering shirts at the polls.

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