Election Worker Claims Man Must Remove MAGA Hat, There’s Just One Problem

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A poll monitor in Kansas City told a man that he couldn’t wear his “Make America Great Again” hat while he was voting and was instructed to remove it.

The man became irritated at the suggestion, started acting out, and began recording the poll workers. He was eventually escorted away from the location by police.

According to Missouri law, wearing political apparel within 25 feet of the building’s outer door to the polling area. – tantamount to electioneering – is a misdemeanor.

The reality, however, is that he was free to wear the hat because it had no bearing on the primary election he was voting in.

The incident may have been a simple misunderstanding of election law, but it certainly ranks as something that should have been known by an election worker, volunteer or otherwise.

A spokeswoman for the Secretary of State concurs.

“The determination of the county election official is laid out clearly in state law,” she said.

After the Secretary of State’s office had been contacted by the disgruntled voter, the Election Board called him back so he could return and cast his vote.

Tiffany Ellison, a Democrat director with the Clay County Election Board, told the Kansas City Star “(The Clay County Election Board) called him to let him know he could go back up there. He thanked us and apologized for his behavior.”

This man would have been better off showing up without ID. He likely would have been embraced rather than dragged away by police officers.

Electioneering is apparently only a problem when a Republican engages in it.

In November of 2016, supporters of Hillary Clinton were spotted at a precinct in Philadelphia handing out materials to voters as they entered the doorway which was plastered with Clinton-Kaine signs.

Clinton herself was accused of violating the rules when she “blatantly campaigned” at a North Carolina polling place.

During the 2014 midterms, Philadelphia also saw hundreds of complaints involving voters being intimidated by being “hit with a barrage of materials, sample ballots and t-shirt clad advocates.”

But that’s totally fine. It’s the MAGA hats we simply can’t have at polling locations.

Rusty Weiss has been covering politics for over 15 years. His writings have appeared in the Daily Caller, Fox... More about Rusty Weiss

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