Kellyanne Conway is furious that a poll worker asked her to take off her 'Make Polling Great Again' hat

Wearing "campaign paraphernalia" to the polls is technically illegal as it qualifies as "passive electioneering," although the law tends not to be strictly enforced. Still, Donald Trump's own campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was unable to scrape by on Tuesday, and got dinged for wearing her bright red "Make Polling Great Again" hat into her polling place:

It's not the first instance of one of Trump's closest allies getting called out for violating a minor voting law. Earlier on Tuesday, Eric Trump tweeted a photo of his ballot — a violation of New York State law.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.