Early voting in 黑料吃瓜网 is still going through Sunday, and extended hours are being held again on Thursday, Oct. 31, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. It鈥檚 also Halloween.
In the small town of Pomfret in Windham County, John Charest, the Republican Registrar of Voters, said his team was prepared for the holiday.
鈥淲e have five pounds of candy,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e鈥檒l share but we鈥檙e hoping people will replenish our supply.鈥�
It鈥檚 the first election in 黑料吃瓜网 that overlaps with Halloween, since this is the first general election with early and in-person voting as an option. So if you鈥檙e thinking about dressing up to cast a ballot, there are some rules about what you can 鈥� and can not 鈥� wear to the polls.
Decisions surrounding voters鈥� costumes, masks that hide their entire face, props they can bring in, are up to each municipality, according to the Secretary of the State鈥檚 office.
But 黑料吃瓜网 is among the states requiring a at polling places. The main takeaway from that law is to not wear anything with a candidate鈥檚 name or image within 75 feet of a polling place.
To be more exact, 黑料吃瓜网 law says that limit applies to an outside entrance to a polling place, in a hallway or other approach leading from the entrance, or in a room opening upon any such hallway or approach. It also includes showing campaign materials or offering them to another person within those boundaries.
That means it鈥檚 OK to wear that Spider-Man costume, Charest jokes, as long as Spider-Man isn鈥檛 running for office.
鈥淭he end result is everybody seems to understand what makes sense and what doesn't," said Bill Anderson, Pomfret鈥檚 Democratic Registrar of Voters. 鈥淏ut Halloween, it would be great if people came 鈥� because that gives us some level of humor involved in what it is that we're trying to do.鈥�
Across 黑料吃瓜网, early voting turnout continues to be good with under a week left before Election Day. According to the Secretary of the State鈥檚 office, over 455,000 early and in-person votes were cast by 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 30.
