Voters in 21 states are prohibited from wearing MAGA hats, Kamala Harris buttons and any other political items when casting their ballot.
Every state in the United States prohibits campaigning near polling stations, and all but a handful of states have stricter restrictions on more passive advertising.
These little-known rules have sparked at least two high-profile clashes in South Carolina and Texas over the past week during early voting.
A Bexar County, Texas, poll worker was even punched in the face several times by a Donald Trump supporter who refused to remove his hat.
This early voter in Chicago, Illinois, had no problem voting based on her choice of clothing.
Trump’s clothing has caused the most drama so far, but the rules do not discriminate between voters of each party.
Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Washington and West Virginia are the only states that do not explicitly ban election materials such as signs and leaflets, or clothing items such as hats, buttons and shirts.
22 other states and the District of Columbia only prohibit election materials, posters, signs, banners and literature.
Both election clothing and materials are banned in 22 states, including Texas, New York, Michigan, California and South Carolina.
Some states have exceptions in their election laws, such as Maine, which prohibits campaign attire but allows buttons shorter than three inches.
The National Conference of State Legislatures maintains a complete list of all items and activities prohibited at polling places, and the extent to which the prohibitions extend.
All U.S. states prohibit campaigning near polling stations, but all but a handful of states have stricter restrictions on passive advertising.
Some voters were forced to remove clothing that supported a candidate and vote in their underwear, like this woman in
Other rules include that 29 states prohibit influencing or persuading voters, 18 states and D.C. prohibit petitions, and 10 states do not allow sounds referring to candidates.
Nine other states prohibit loitering and six prohibit exit polls.
Voters who show up with prohibited items are asked to leave them outside or will be denied entry to the voting booth.
Some voters were forced to remove clothing that supported a candidate and vote in their underwear, or at least the other way around.
A woman in an unnamed state was photographed wearing only a bra after she was forced to remove her Trump shirt.
A South Carolina voter lashed out at election staff last week after he refused to remove his Trump hat while casting his ballot.
‘A woman comes to vote wearing Trump clothes. They tell him he can’t. She calls the poll worker an idiot and rips off his shirt,” the voter who took the photo wrote online.
A South Carolina voter lashed out at election staff last week after he refused to remove his Trump hat while casting his ballot.
Orangeburg County Library workers asked the unnamed man, who was wearing a ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ hat, to take his hat outside due to state law.
Video captured of the altercation shows him exploding over the request..
Enraged, He then takes off his cap in front of another woman and waves it in her face, telling her, “This is my damn reason.”
In a similar incident, a Texas man faces a felony charge after punching an elderly poll worker who asked him to remove his MAGA hat.
Jesse Lutzenberger allegedly lashed out at the 69-year-old man who had to be treated at the scene on October 25.
He eventually took off his hat and voted, but put it back on as he was leaving, and a poll worker again told him to take it off until he was outside.
As the employee escorted him outside, Lutzenberger allegedly threw an elbow or arm at him and then turned to punch him in the face several times, according to local police.
