Fun times at a Texas early voting place

[Stinky The Clown]

My (business) partner went to vote today just outside Austin, Tejas. She said the poll was quite busy. After she arrived a group of women in their 60s showed up, each wearing a #NastyWoman T-shirt. Then more arrived. And more. And they were having a good time. Clearly they were an organized group of some sort.

It seems to me this is a cool thing to consider. In most (all?) jurisdictions, you can't wear a campaign shirt to a polling place. Nasty Woman would not be a campaign shirt but it sure as hell sends a clear message!

Go Nasty Women!

[saltpoint]

1. Agree. 'Nasty Women' tshirts should be

fair game for voting.

The GOP's own presidential candidate was the one who brought us the phrase. And the party's absolutely no stranger to nasty women. Ann Coulter, for instance.

[Skittles]

2. it has been a long time since I felt like I could not WAIT to vote

I am SOOOO looking forward to it, and I am taking election night off work

[DemInND]

8. I work until 7pm

then I'm coming home and log-in here and celebrate a Clinton victory!

[RexCasual]

3. How about. . .

An "Honorary #Nastywoman" T-shirt for Men?

I'd wear one with pride

[IronLionZion]

4. Bad Hombre!

If you want your photo ID and signature to be challenged by Trump's poll monitors.

If enough nasty women and bad hombres get challenged and it holds up the process for too long, legitimate poll workers will have to throw out Trump's people.

[Plucketeer]

5. I was thinking

"Husband of a Nasty Woman!"

[forest444]

25. "A Nasty Woman's Bad Hombre"

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

[Divine Discontent]

39. most excellent! :)

[forest444]

40. Why, thank you.

After all - behind every Bad Hombre, is a Nasty Woman.

[getagrip_already]

10. how about...

Just wearing the nasty woman shirt as is? I can picture a large, grizzlied biker type sporting the button or shirt. It would be funny as hell!

[Glassunion]

13. I'm hardly a large man, nor grizzlied... But I am a "biker" type...

Maybe I'll hold off on shaving, leather up, and ride over to my polling station on the 8th. I like the one Katy Perry wore, with the plain white and nasty woman text inside a bright red heart...

What size in a woman's shirt would translate from a men's large? I'm thinking either XL or XXL.

[Eleanors38]

15. Plenty of Google sites have set up shop.

[Glassunion]

20. I'm thinking XL should fit...

http://www.redbubble.com/people/joshuadesign/works/23585555-nasty-woman-shirt-planned-parenthood?body_color=white&p=t-shirt&print_location=front&size=medium&style=womens&utm_source=google&utm_medium=google_products&utm_campaign=shopping&country_code=US&gclid=CLGz4f3h9s8CFYckhgodJzYOqg

[Eleanors38]

22. Unfortunately, I need a XXL!

[oldtime dfl_er]

27. You could buy mine

support a small business, a long time DU'er, and a nasty woman! Prime eligible, and only $15.99.
.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MG17B7E

[manicraven]

32. I just bought one of your shirts!

I'm going to wear it on election day. Ordered an extra big size to allow for shrinkage and 'cause I like things loose.

[oldtime dfl_er]

36. Love you!

[wncHillsupport]

42. You don't have any

2X sizes for women! Just looked. Just sizes for little women.

[oldtime dfl_er]

54. Adding to my Cafepress shop

where they have tons of sizes.

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby/10094123

[TexasTowelie]

30. I saw this one on the Bright Light Social Hour

(one of my favorite bands out of Austin).

[sunnystarr]

50. How about ... I LOVE MY NASTY WOMAN

with a heart for LOVE

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Business was good at one Austin early-voting location

There were indeed long lines the first day, although they tended to be before and after work and during lunch break.

I do not believe in the right-wing whack-doodle canard that Team Donkey resurrects the dead so they may vote again, but those who savor irony might enjoy the fact that the early polling place I use was a former funeral parlor.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. This story was in Spicewood, or nearby.

I'm not exactly sure where she voted, but she lives in Spicewood.

[austinlw]

17. I lived in Spicewood for 3 years,

and recently moved back into Austin. Early voting in that area was at the Randall's in Lakeway.

[christx30]

28. I voted at the randalls on Ben White.

I got there an hour after the pool opened, and waited about 20-25 minutes before I got to the table. She scanned my ID, verified the information ("Do you still live on xxxxx street?&quot with me, then said everything is good. Her partner handed me the access code and I was out of there and about my day 5 minutes later. It felt good putting the mark next to Hillary Clinton's name. My only regret is that I couldn't take my daughter there, but she was in school.

[calimary]

45. Welcome to DU, austinlw!

Governor Oops once referred to Austin as "a blueberry in a bowl of tomato soup." Let's hope for many more blueberries - in a bowl of blueberry mousse! MAYBE with a red cherry on top.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

38. Hey, I live in Spicewood right now

I voted Monday morning in Marble Falls because I'm in Burnet County (Travis County is about 300 feet from my back door). Only one person was ahead of me when I got there about 8:30 AM, but I took that as a good sign since Burnet County usually votes about 80% Republican. Hoping many Republicans are too demoralized to vote.

[TrogL]

44. Welcome to DU.

[calimary]

46. Welcome to DU, Sucha NastyWoman!

Anotha NastyWoman here!

VERY MUCH hoping many CONS are too demoralized to vote! That's how we win extra "bigly"!

[BlueTexasMan]

11. Screaming Trumpette

I went out to vote early yesterday morning to beat the lunch crowd. It was south of Austin in a red county. I vote here often and don't usually have to worry about parking. The place was packed with a line out the door. As I walked toward the building I passed the Republican pop-up shade shelter and was astounded by a good looking blond lady screaming about how "the Democrats" were going to ruin the country! She didn't stop with a single comment, but went on like a sidewalk preacher. Never seen anything like it! Probably because there were more blue shirts in that line than red ones. Go blue Wave!

[calimary]

51. Welcome to DU, to you, too, BlueTexasMan!

Interesting observation. What do you think it means?

I hope you're right!

[Renew Deal]

14. Hillary is bussing them in from Oklahoma

Bwahahahahaha

[NightWatcher]

18. I bet they were dead people that she was able to reanimate

[ChairmanAgnostic]

43. Veracruz, not Oklahoma.

[austinlw]

16. Voted this morning

at Southpark Meadows shopping center on the south end of Austin. Chalk up one more Texan voting for Clinton/Kaine. Just after 10AM it was busy but no long lines. They had 20 booths there and 2 check in stations. Just had to wait behind about 3 people for processing. Doesn't take long to vote straight Dem ticket. Even if you vote straight ticket, the machines allow you to mark individual candidates from other parties if you so choose. There are also a few school-related races that are non-partisan plus a bond proposition (for traffic corridor improvements badly needed in Austin).

[Amimnoch]

19. This is Wonderful! They are lucky it didn't become an issue though.

I've a strong feeling if this was done at my polling place in Katy, TX, they'd have been asked to leave and return with different shirts, turn the shirts inside out, or some other such. Hell, in 2008, I just wore a shirt that said "HOPE" on it, in black lettering, not even with the "O" being the Obama logo, just large, plain black block letters "HOPE".. I was made to turn my shirt inside out before I was allowed to go in and vote.

[austinlw]

21. Just saw a list of first day voter numbers

from Glen Maxey (premier Dem activist here in Austin) for TX urban counties comparing 2012 and 2016. 253K in 2012 to 393K for yesterday. Travis county (Austin) more than doubled our 2012 number. Dallas and El Paso almost doubled.

[Jim Beard]

52. Hate to sat it but it was heavy in a small western Texas county that is strong republican

when I voted Monday. I am the only one with a Hillary sign.

[NastyRiffraff]

23. Great story

I can't speak for any other jurisdiction, but Maryland law says you can wear campaign shirts, buttons, etc. and carry campaign literature into polling places; you just can't electioneer beyond a designated area, that is, try to talk anyone into voting for a candidate.

I just ordered my Nasty Women vote t-shirt from Amazon!

[lpbk2713]

24. A Nasty Woman flash mob.

I love it.


BWAHAHAHA

[jberryhill]

26. PLEASE DO NOT WEAR THINGS THAT CAN BE INTERPRETED AS CAMPAIGN GEAR TO A POLLING PLACE

While some jurisdictions are the rare exceptions, whether or not the slogan on your shirt is or is not "political", is not YOUR decision to make. It is the decision of those running the polling place.

If you want to vote, vote.

If you want to get into an argument, delay your voting, and delay the voting of others, then feel free to engage in some idiotic disagreement with the cop at the polling place.

Please don't do it.

[manicraven]

33. Planning to wear my new shirt, but I've already voted. Yippee!!!

I'm wearing it on election day to celebrate all of us women who will send Trump back to his tower!

[NurseJackie]

41. THANK YOU!!

[usedtobedemgurl]

53. Checked the law in NC and it is ok to do here.

I wanted to make sure since I just got my "Nasty Women Make History" shirt and now am ready to vote.

No arguments on my side or delays or anything else. Just feel the first amendment is a pretty important thing and I know Trump and his followers would like to do away with it. That is why it is so important to wear it. I have been silenced into not putting bumper stickers on my car or a sign in my yard. I will not be silenced when I go to vote. I have had it with these yahoos.

[Gothmog]

29. I have been an election judge and I would probably ask them to turn the shirts inside out

In 2008, we banned an idiot from bringing in decorated toilet plungers in honor of Joe the Plumber. I still have the legal memorandum on this matter in my files some place

[ProudProgressiveNow]

31. K&R nt

[nikto]

34. Yeah, but isn't Austin ...

The more Human part of Tejas?

Explains everything.
To be expected.

But hey,
if this happens in Amarillo, I'll be very impressed.


http://www.thetoptens.com/most-racists-states-us/texas-459203.asp

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. wow..you're from Texas? I am living

In TX too. What the hell happened to Battleground Texas .. ?

[yellowdogintexas]

37. Voted yesterday in Fort Worth

with several other 'nasty women'. We ran into the Tarrant4Hillary chairperson and we got to sign the Unity Banner, which will be displayed at the Inaugural. Every state has at least one of these and they will be moved about to allow as many voters as possible to sign them. It was cool!

[BoyBlue2]

47. I like Nasty Women

Can I get a T shirt that says "I like Nasty Women (who vote)!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

48. Love!!!!

[Gman]

49. In and around Austin

You just sit back and watch the show.