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MADISON
A Virginia voter arrested for refusing to cover her John McCain T-shirt at the polls on Election Day will not be prosecuted.
The Madison County prosecutor, George Webb II, said the decision to drop the case against Leigh Purdum was made in light of the General Assembly's decision in the 2009 session to allow voters to wear T-shirts, buttons and other political apparel to the polls.
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has yet to sign the bill into law, but Webb said he can't imagine the governor will veto the bill.
Civil liberties lawyers said they believed Purdum was the only person charged with violating the state's ban on political apparel at the polls on Nov. 4.
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