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Oct. 27th, 2008 07:32 pmA phony SBE flier circulated in the Hampton Roads (VA) area advises that the General Assembly has passed an emergency resolution directing that Republicans should vote on Nov. 4 and Democrats should vote on Nov. 5 "to ease the load on local electorial (sic) precincts and ensure a fair electorial (sic) process".
Whichever candidate you're voting for next Tuesday, don't forget that in some areas--like Virginia and DC--you can't wear your pro- or anti-candidate or issue hat/shirt/button/sticker/whatever to the polls, lest you run afoul of the state electioneering regulations. [Edit: The VA SBE decision to ban express advocacy (shirts/buttons/etc.) across the board was voted in within the last two weeks, to go along with the limits on electioneering within 40' of the entrance to the polling place. The local boards have discretion to limit implied advocacy, but express advocacy is now uniformly forbidden.]
Whichever candidate you're voting for next Tuesday, don't forget that in some areas--like Virginia and DC--you can't wear your pro- or anti-candidate or issue hat/shirt/button/sticker/whatever to the polls, lest you run afoul of the state electioneering regulations. [Edit: The VA SBE decision to ban express advocacy (shirts/buttons/etc.) across the board was voted in within the last two weeks, to go along with the limits on electioneering within 40' of the entrance to the polling place. The local boards have discretion to limit implied advocacy, but express advocacy is now uniformly forbidden.]