FLORIDA - There is no prohibition in Florida law about what voters can wear on election day.

Shirts and pins for Senator's Obama Or Mccain are perfectly legal and people wearing them will be allowed to vote.

But as Channel Three Capitol Reporter Mike Vasilinda tells us, the paraphernalia may be legal, but there is a campaign underway to confuse voters.

There is an internet rumor campaign targeting students and new voters. Text messages and E-mails are circulating telling students they won't be able to vote if they show up with a campaign shirt or pin. Tony Bornelus says he hears it all the time from students purchasing Obama shirts at his campus stand.

Tony Bornelus, Vendor: "I tell them it's a myth. That is infringing on your freedom of speech. So you can wear your shirts anywhere you want to. And then they tell me oh, you can't. And then we go back and forth."

So widespread is the rumor that letters have been sent out by the state reminding supervisors to train poll workers about the internet myths.

Jennifer Davis, Secretary of State's spokesperson: "The only people that are restricted in what they wear at the polls are the people that work at the polls."

But the rumor persists.

Mike Vasilinda: "One of these students told us they got not one, but ten text messages on the same day."

We met student after student who took the rumor as gospel. Here's the rub. Beatrice Jean has signed up as a poll worker.

Beatrice Jean (Palm Beach), Poll Worker: "It's not a rumor, it's true. You're not supposed to come inside with a pin. Everybody knows that. Excuse me, everyone who has voted in the past knows that. They're not supposed to publicize that, so they should know that."

The good news is that Beatrice and other poll workers start training next week.

One other myth making the rounds is that you must have a color picture id.

While a picture id is required, it does not have to be a color picture.

And an exact address match is not required at the polling place, just during registration.

The deadline to register to vote for the November General Election is this Monday, October 13th.
Voting Myths