Can you wear political clothes to the polls?

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Early voting lines remain long as Election Day looms, but when you go vote, lines shouldn’t be your only concern.

There are some do’s and don’ts that not everyone knows or re this election season.

According to Missouri law, you can’t electioneer within 25 feet of a polling place.

“The law is clear and it’s just out of fairness for everybody that there’s no electioneering or advocating or campaigning inside or within 25 feet,” said Eric Fey, Democratic Director of St. Louis County Board of Elections.

Aside from the large amount of political signs at each polling place, what is considered electioneering?

“It could be anything, if you’re carrying a leaflet or a sign, a button, a hat, a shirt. I mean face paint, you know any, anything that would advocate for or against something,” said Fey.

Fey said this is something that happens every election, but this week they haven’t had too many issues.

“Believe it or not, we have many, fewer problems with electioneering in the general election than we do in the municipal and primary elections,” said Fey.

He said if someone wears something that goes against the law, they will be asked to remove it or turn it inside out before going in to vote.

One clothing company employee in South City St. Louis said most of its customers coming in for election apparel are aware of electioneering laws.

“We’ve had conversations with customers about some of the issues that we’re voting on this election cycle and it does seem like people, at least in my experience, customers, are very well informed. So it does seem like that’s probably not as much of a problem with the electioneering issues,” Suzie Gilb, employee at STL-Style.

She said most people have one thing in mind.

“They just wanna go vote and do their civic duty and not cause any problems,: Glib said.

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