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November 02, 2004
Georgia | Voter Arrested for Wearing Mask

A man wearing a John Kerry T-shirt and President Bush mask at an election office was charged with disorderly conduct for breaking a law that bans campaigning outside polling places, police said.

Kevin Dodds also was charged with the seldom-invoked crime of wearing a mask. A Georgia law aimed at the Ku Klux Klan makes it illegal to wear masks except on “holidays and special occasions.”

The case started Friday, the last day of Georgia’s early voting period, when Dodds’ wife went to vote accompanied by an infant wearing a Kerry-Edwards shirt. Poll workers asked the woman to turn the child’s shirt inside out so she could remain and vote, but she allegedly refused and left.

Later that day, Kevin Dodds went to the polling place saying he wanted to protest the objection to the baby’s shirt. A police report said Dodds stood outside screaming, sometimes using foul language, and refused requests to take off his mask.

Election Day isn’t a special occasion?

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Posted by Michele at November 2, 2004 09:59 AM | TrackBack
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Well, you don’t hear of Bush supporters doing such stupid, obnoxious things, do you?

Posted by: RooRain [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 10:33 AM

“Hmm. I have what I believe to be a legitimate issue of concern. What should my course of action be? Aha! I’ll act like a three year old and throw a tantrum in a public place!”

Sometimes I wish the rains would come and wash this whole damn place into the sea.

Oh, sorry. I promised myself I’d keep my bitterness under wraps today. So much for that plan.

Posted by: Jeff Harrell [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 10:39 AM

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