Chicken Costumes Banned at Nev. Polling Places

Voters dressed in chicken costumes won't be allowed inside Nevada polling places this year.

State election officials on Friday added chicken suits to the list of banned items after weeks of ridicule directed at Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden.

The millionaire casino executive and former beauty queen recently suggested that people barter with doctors for medical care, like when "our grandparents would bring a chicken to the doctor."

Democrats responded by setting up a website, "Chickens for Checkups," and by sending volunteers in chicken suits to her campaign events.

Lowden is in a 12-way primary race to decide Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Republican opponent. She had been the front-runner in the race, but was in a virtual tie for the lead in a recent poll.

Under the new rule, chicken costumes will be banned along with political buttons, shirts, hats and signs within 100 feet of polling places.

Washoe County Registrar of Voters Dan Burk said such a costume would be an "inappropriate and obvious" advocacy message against Lowden.

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http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/05/chicken_costumes_banned_at_nev_polling_places.php?ref=fpa

Sometimes it's a long wait in the polling line.

No campaign symbolism within "X" feet of a polling place. The campaign is over and the voters decide. Should we violate the spirit of the law and tradition?

"I AM AN ENEMY OF THE STATE"

What's the rule on clucking in line?

A Huderite colony used to pay him in chickens...

Some people just can't accept that chickens are legal...and tender...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

a chicken on the ballot.