Passive electioneering is the act of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling place with the intent of influencing voters.
In 2008, internet political organizers were cautioning voters not to wear campaign T-shirts at the polls.
[2] At least seven states, Maine, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, and Kansas prohibit wearing campaign buttons, stickers and badges inside polling places.
[citation needed] The American Civil Liberties Union argued that the ban violates the First Amendment's right to free speech.
The State of New York has a rarely enforced law that prohibits wearing campaign buttons or T-shirt at a polling place.