I want to CRY right now...

(And I apologize to my friends who I yelled "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING IDIOT" lol because I was wrong)

I received an alarming instant message just minutes ago stating that if anyone wears any kind of Obama paraphernalia to the polls they will be turned away and not allowed to vote. I immediately dismissed it and told them they had to be kidding this was ridiculous and proceeded to email one of Obama's staff members. This was the response:

"I'm not a lawyer or a campaign law expert, so you can't quote me as a source or even refer to me as a campaign official or anything. I'm happy to point you in the direction of someone who can speak on the subject on the record.

Believe it or not, there is truth to this. In NYC, you are not allowed to campaign within 100 feet of a polling place. People have been known to turn their shirt inside out or put a jacket over the shirt to go inside and vote.

There's an election law expert named Jerry Goldfeder who may be willing to talk to you about this further."

Well the NY Times office is down the street so I'm going to do some digging for Mr. Goldfeder. As for this new development that is rapidly spreading across the Internet, I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS. For the first time this law is actually an issue? There are instances of it coming up in Texas, even Kansas but I never encountered it in California. Once again, the importance of this race is rearing it's ugly head. More so than hanging chads.

Now more crucial than making it to the polls you must be aware of your wardrobe choices folks and in the words of one of my best friends "better to be safe than sorry". :(