The woman pointed out that another woman nearby was wearing a T-shirt in support of the American flag, Scafidi said. He answered that an American flag was not electioneering and that the "Trump Zero" shirt would have to be covered.
So the woman asked if he wanted her to take her shirt off. She wasn't wearing anything underneath.
"I said I'd rather she not," Scafidi said. "But she took it off so fast, no one had time to react. So the whole place just went, 'whoa,' and she walked away, and I let her vote."
He noted that she could have just gone into the hallway and turned it inside out.
After voting, Scafidi said, the woman put her shirt back on and left.
There were about 15 other voters around, Scafidi said, and he didn't notice any children present.
Scafidi could have had her removed for violating the state indecency law, he said, but he didn't want to inflame the situation further, and "we had more important things to worry about; we had to get 2000 people to vote safely, and check-in and count 2000 absentee ballots".
- Associated Press
