▁cha otic ; ▁vot ers ▁could ▁be ▁int im id ated ▁by ▁campaign ers ▁before ▁voting , ▁and ▁there ▁was ▁little ▁priv acy ▁for ▁the ▁vot er . ▁To ▁deal ▁with ▁this , ▁all ▁states ▁started ▁to ▁pass ▁laws ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 0 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 0 0 s ▁that ▁transformed ▁pol ling ▁places ▁into ▁the ▁more ▁ordered ▁affairs ▁in ▁current ▁times , ▁where ▁vot ers ▁wait ▁in ▁line ▁and ▁have ▁priv acy ▁in ▁making ▁and ▁subm itting ▁their ▁vote . ▁Several ▁states ▁prohib ited ▁any ▁type ▁of ▁campaign ing ▁within ▁the ▁pol ling ▁place . ▁Minnesota ' s ▁pol ling ▁place ▁law ▁( M inn esota ▁Stat utes ▁Section ▁ 2 1 1 B . 1 1 ), ▁passed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 9 , ▁included ▁an ▁app arel ▁ban ▁that ▁prevent ed ▁vot ers ▁from ▁we aring ▁any ▁type ▁of ▁cl othing ▁that ▁bore ▁a ▁" polit ical " ▁message . ▁This ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁restrict ive ▁laws ▁of ▁this ▁type ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁Since ▁then , ▁the ▁state ▁has ▁def ended ▁the ▁law ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁to ▁make ▁pol ling ▁places ▁as ▁" an ▁order ly ▁and ▁controlled ▁environment ▁without ▁confusion , ▁inter ference ▁or ▁dist raction ". ▁N ine ▁other ▁states ▁have ▁similar ▁b ans ▁on ▁what ▁messages ▁can ▁be ▁displayed ▁by ▁vot ers ▁on ▁their ▁cl othing ▁when ▁they ▁vote . ▁ ▁Just ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁election , ▁a ▁group ▁of