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Woman votes topless, rather than lose spot in line
Associated Press
November 8, 2004 TOPLESS1109
JEFFERSON, La. -- When an election worker told Debbie Dupeire that her Bush-Cheney T-shirt was illegal at the polls, Dupeire didn't get mad. She got undressed.
Dupeire ripped off the T-shirt and voted Tuesday in a sports bra, too afraid to lose her place in a long line. Under state law, candidates' names cannot be displayed within 500 feet of a polling place.
``I really thought it was OK to wear my shirt. I didn't go there to cause trouble,'' said Debbie Dupeire, a 38-year-old makeup artist.
Jefferson Parish Registrar of Voters Dennis DiMarco said he wished someone had seen Dupeire's shirt as soon as she came into the polling facility, and told her then.
Dupeire said she understood the request and is not angry, but thinks Jefferson Parish may need more poll workers.
``I'd been in line wearing the shirt for 15 minutes, and no one said anything until I was about to vote,'' said Dupeire. ``Had they told me before I signed the book, I would have gone out and turned my shirt wrong-side out.''
Associated Press
November 8, 2004 TOPLESS1109
JEFFERSON, La. -- When an election worker told Debbie Dupeire that her Bush-Cheney T-shirt was illegal at the polls, Dupeire didn't get mad. She got undressed.
Dupeire ripped off the T-shirt and voted Tuesday in a sports bra, too afraid to lose her place in a long line. Under state law, candidates' names cannot be displayed within 500 feet of a polling place.
``I really thought it was OK to wear my shirt. I didn't go there to cause trouble,'' said Debbie Dupeire, a 38-year-old makeup artist.
Jefferson Parish Registrar of Voters Dennis DiMarco said he wished someone had seen Dupeire's shirt as soon as she came into the polling facility, and told her then.
Dupeire said she understood the request and is not angry, but thinks Jefferson Parish may need more poll workers.
``I'd been in line wearing the shirt for 15 minutes, and no one said anything until I was about to vote,'' said Dupeire. ``Had they told me before I signed the book, I would have gone out and turned my shirt wrong-side out.''