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US ELECTION 2024

The dress code for the US Election 2024: these are the items prohibited at the polls in each state

Voters in 21 US states should select their voting attire carefully when heading to the polls tomorrow.

The dress code for the US Election 2024: these are the items prohibited at the polls in each state
Rebecca CookREUTERS

The 2024 US Presidential elections are upon us and early voting is already underway in many states with more than 75 million people already casting early ballots.

For those heading to the polls tomorrow to vote in person, it’s possibly a good idea to leave the Kamala 2024 or red MAGA baseball cap at home as in 21 US states, clothing or fashion accessories representing political messages are banned.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris
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Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Brendan McDermidREUTERS

Almost 50% of US states prohibit anyone from wearing campaign apparel or button/pin badges within a certain distance of a polling location with this ruling also extending to campaign worker and of course, individual voters.

Presidential campaign merchandise
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Presidential campaign merchandise Kaylee Greenlee BealREUTERS

US states with clothing restrictions at polling stations

Arkansas, California, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont.

Anything goes in seven states

For voters living in: Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Washington, and West Virginia, voters can wear what they like with the aforementioned the only states that don’t explicitly ban either election paraphernalia such as posters, flyers, or clothing such as caps, badges and t-shirts.