Chicken suits wearers can vote, can’t stick around polls

Secretary of State Ross Miller said people wearing chicken suits to the polls will be allowed to vote in today's primary elections. But they won't be allowed to hang around the polling places.

Miller said chicken suits will be treated like any other political propaganda, such as candidate T-shirts or signs, and people wearing them will be considered electioneering and subject to rules requiring them to stay 100 feet away from polling places.

"If somebody wears a chicken suit to a polling place, the statute says we should allow them to vote, get them out of the polling location," Miller said.

Chicken suits turned political several weeks ago after Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Sue Lowden discussed bartering chickens or other items for medical care as a solution for paying for medical care.

Democrats backing Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., jumped on the comment and mocked the comment with online videos and websites. National news outlets and late-night commentators picked up on the gag