Update: I live in a rather conservative area and almost did not get to vote because they didn't like my shirt. Thankfully we got the city clerk involved and she found absolutely no problem with the shirt and they gave me a ballot finally. Legally the shirt does not violate any laws regarding polling locations.
Here in New York if you are wearing a shirt or button with a candidate's name or slogan on it within 100' of the polling place it is considered electioneering and you will be made to leave. Does the city clerk head the board of elections in your city? I'm also surprised because almost no cities lean conservative.
I live in the "Bible belt" of west Michigan so there are a lot of conservative people and a lot of mostly conservative towns. I was very clear with the clerk that I intentionally did not put any candidate or party affiliation/name on the shirt because I'm going to follow the law when it comes to voting rights and such. And while the shirt is meant to express my disgust with this election, it's also meant to be funny. Chill pills all around haha
Well good for you! Wish we had it that good. My state is pretty liberal and I can barely afford my property taxes anymore. We paid less than $150k for our house and we pay almost $6000 annually in property taxes, and I don't even live anywhere near a city or village! We also pay 8% sales tax and high income taxes. We will fix it eventually though!
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