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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (567981)	5/25/2010 12:07:12 AM
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Oops! Chicken costumes banned at Nev. polling places By MARTIN GRIFFITH The Associated Press Saturday, May 22, 2010; 8:50 PM RENO, Nev. -- Voters dressed in chicken costumes won't be allowed inside Nevada polling places this year. State election officials on Friday added chicken suits to the list of banned items after weeks of ridicule directed at Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden. The millionaire casino executive and former beauty queen recently suggested that people barter with doctors for medical care, like when "our grandparents would bring a chicken to the doctor." Democrats responded by setting up a website, "Chickens for Checkups," and by sending volunteers in chicken suits to her campaign events. Lowden is in a 12-way primary race to decide Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's Republican opponent. She had been the front-runner in the race, but was in a virtual tie for the lead in a recent poll. Under the new rule, chicken costumes will be banned along with political buttons, shirts, hats and signs within 100 feet of polling places. Washoe County Registrar of Voters Dan Burk said such a costume would be an "inappropriate and obvious" advocacy message against Lowden. read more......... washingtonpost.com