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Man In MAGA Hat Arrested For Allegedly Punching Election Worker (www.huffpost.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

BoTh SiDeS

[–] [email protected] 2 points 34 minutes ago

Well, that's unsurprising. The default state for these MAGA chuds is "violent moron."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 hour ago

Can't wait to hear Trump say the guy is a hero and deserves a pardon.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

For those unaware, like the perp here, you can't wear election related material in or around polling places. It's called "Electioneering".

https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering-prohibitions

Texas (where this happened):

100 ft. of an outside door through which a voter may enter a building in which a polling place is located

Campaign materials/signs/banners/literature

Projecting sounds Referring to candidates/issues

Loitering

Apparel/buttons/stickers/placards

Tex. Elec. Code § 61.003 and .004

Tex. Elec. Code § 61.010

[–] [email protected] 4 points 38 minutes ago

Huh. I thought I knew about this, but I didn’t realize it applied to individual voters. I thought it was more geared towards volunteers, demonstrators, poll workers, etc. Thanks!