On October 26, Vincent McMahan, chair of World Wrestling Entertainment, filed a federal lawsuit against Connecticut’s Secretary of State.  The Secretary of State’s office had seemed to announce that voters would not be permitted to be within 75 feet of a polling place if they were wearing clothing that refers to World Wrestling Entertainment.  The Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, Linda McMahon, is married to Vincent McMahan, and she is well-known for having built that business.

Also on October 26, the Secretary of State issued a press release denying that she had promulgated any such blanket rule, but seeming to acknowledge that instances would be decided on a “case-by-case basis”, which is even worse, because it is arbitrary.  Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for this news.

A similar lawsuit in Arizona was recently won by a voter who had warn a T-shirt mentioning the Tea Party.