Woman Not Allowed To Vote Because Of Flag Pin
A Garland woman is angry she was not allowed to vote, unless she removed a pin depicting the Gadsden Flag, a Revolutionary War symbol showing a coiled rattlesnake with the legend "Don't Tread on Me." The woman tells CBS-11 she was wearing her Gadsden Flag pin when she went to vote at Garland City Hall on Monday. However, a clerk told her she must remove the pin. She refused and says she was not permitted to vote. Dallas County Elections Administrator Bruce Sherbet says the state has told his office that wearing the Gadsden Flag constitutes illegal polling place electioneering, because it has been associated to the Tea Party movement. Some members of the tea party are using this symbol, signifying their philosophy of smaller government and lower taxes. Katrina Pierson, who sits on the steering committee of the Dallas Tea Party, supports the Garland woman and says they're considering a lawsuit on her behalf.
