Do T-shirts constitute "electioneering" in WY?
From Ballotpedia
October 31, 2008
Across Wyoming voters are being urged to cover up their campaign t-shirts and buttons while at the polls. But is it illegal under the state statute? In Wyoming, it is illegal to engage in "electioneering" within 100 yards of a polling place on election day. The problem is that, as state elections director Peggy Nighswonger points out, the word "electioneering" is hard to define.[1]
What is electioneering?
Electioneering under the state statute "consists of any form of campaigning, including the display of campaign signs or distribution of campaign literature, the soliciting of signatures to any petition or the canvassing or polling of voters, except exit polling by news media, within 100 yards of the building in which the polling place is located."[1] It does not address the clothing or paraphernalia on the voters themselves.
Officials said that if an election judge sees something that they believe violates the statute, then it is up to them to report it to the county clerk and county attorney to investigate.
Regarding the statute, Nighswonger said it is old and outdated, stating, "Who would have thought we would have been wearing (campaign) T-shirts ... years ago?"
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