One More Thing About Election Day

This wouldn't be allowed in the voting room.

Look, I don't care who you are voting for. I don't gauge my friendships based on their political or religious affiliations. Be you! However, when I'm working the elections, I need you to follow the rules. You know what? When anyone is working the elections, they need you to follow the rules. 

So, if you come in with a hat sporting the slogan, "Happy Days Are Here Again" or "A Square Deal"* or ANY OTHER CAMPAIGN SLOGAN FOUND ON A RED BALL CAP IN 2025, the person working at the voting place is going to insist you take off your hat, even if your candidate isn't on the ballot. And instead of giving the poor election worker who is not paid enough to smell your stinky breath while you go off spouting about how you are being unfairly called out and your First Amendment rights denied, just take off the damn hat because you aren't going to win this fight. Okay? 

You see, there's this thing called, "electioneering." And essentially it goes like this: if someone sees your red hat they might feel like you are trying to influence their vote. They may feel like they are being threatened if they don't vote the way you want them to. So, in order to keep our elections free and fair, the powers that be at the federal level have said the hat (and any other merch) must be covered up or removed prior to entering the voting location. 

The one self-righteous jerk who gave me an earful last week still didn't get his ballot until his hat was removed. If he is unhappy he can call the Texas Secretary of State's office and can take up his beef with Ms. Nelson in Austin.

So please, just do us all a favor. We have other voters to contend with. Don't make this a big deal. Just remove the merch. You aren't fooling anyone. Plus we are all on Team America.  

Probably the best (though poorly aged) slogan I found.
It wouldn't be allowed either.

*Political slogans attributed to F. Roosevelt's 1932 Presidential campaign and T. Roosevelt's 1904 Presidential campaign.

On a quick side note, Buckaroo named his cat, Roosevelt, after former President Theodore Roosevelt. I named Leon--just because the name Leon came to mind and Buck liked it.