by KYW's Tony Romeo
A dispute over what voters can wear in Pennsylvania polling places has gone to Commonwealth court.
Ron Hicks, an attorney for two Allegheny County election officials who brought the case, argued in Commonwealth court that it’s not up to counties to decide whether or not voters can wear clothing or buttons with political messages while inside polling places:
“The county board of elections do not have the power to rewrite the election code.”
Hick argues that for decades, state election law has prohibited political garb in polling places. But Larry Boyle, an attorney representing the state, says counties for some time have been allowing it without any problems:
“The election law clearly allows the county boards of elections to formulate policies in their own precincts.”
Boyle told the judge the case amounts to a “tempest in a t-shirt.” The judge says he’ll rule soon.
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