Nothing helps stop Trump bleeding support from the senior woman demographic quite like a young whippersnapper punching a 70-year-old woman to the ground for her support of Harris.

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    It doesnt need to say it explicitly and its wording is all exclusive.

    actually, yes, most laws do have to explicitly lay out what is considered illegal, so that you can be charged with a crime under them. That’s kind of a critical part of lawmaking, painstakingly defining what constitutes breaking the law is what prevents legal loopholes. I really hope your day job isn’t in law, if you don’t know that. In this case, they failed to adequately define what constitutes electioneering.

    Or are you going to try and argue a shirt that litterally says "Vote for " isnt soliciting because “the law didnt say anything about shirts!”

    I didn’t wear a shirt that says “Vote for” though. I wore a shirt like this and a hat like this. You’d know that if you actually bothered to read what I wrote. They don’t endorse any specific candidate. Nice strawman tho.

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      Except it very clearly states whats prohibited. It doesnt need to list every possible ways you could solicit because simplely stating “soliciting is prohibited” is clear.

      Do you think murder isn’t actually murder because the law didnt specific the method that is required to be considered murder was commited?..

      BTW, Its quite ironic your calling someone stupid for lack of reading comprehension. Do continue, lets see how far you’re willing to dig yourself deeper into this rabbit hole.

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        It says electioneering is prohibited. It does not elaborate on what that actually means, and whether that covers apparel. Other states do. This one doesn’t. I don’t know why this is so hard for you to comprehend.

        Murder is defined rigorously in laws concerning it. You’re right, they do not specify method, but they do have incredible detail and granularity in what constitutes 1st degree murder vs 2nd degree murder vs 3rd degree murder vs manslaughter (which is distinct from 3rd degree murder, though similar), and go into detail clarifying which is which so that criminals may be prosecuted accordingly.

        There is no such granularity or clarity on the definition of electioneering in the statute as written. This is not up for debate, it just straight up doesn’t bother defining it. It is plainly visible that it just says “x is prohibited”, without actually defining what is and is not considered x, where other states DO. Your inability to comprehend this is not my problem, if you choose to extract meaning from text that is not there, I don’t know how to help you and will not be engaging with you further since you choose not to listen.

        BTW, Its quite ironic your calling someone stupid for lack of reading comprehension

        Lastly, *it’s & *you’re. I could also call you stupid for your grammar, if you prefer.

        Best of luck in life, sport.

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          Laws on electioneering can be found state by state here:

          https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/electioneering-prohibitions

          Since this happened in Florida:

          Fla. Stat. § 102.031

          150 ft. of the entrance to a polling place, early voting site, or office of the supervisor

          Campaign materials/signs/banners/literature

          Influencing voters/soliciting votes/political persuasion

          Circulating petitions/soliciting signatures

          polls/exit polls – Note: there is an exception allowing exit polls

          Would not seem to apply to t-shirts or hats, but would apply to signs, banners, etc. within 150 feet.