Florida nudists want their own clothing-optional polling site

Nudists: one demographic you don't necessarily want to see presidential candidates pander to.

But nudists deserve to participate in democracy too. And now one Florida nudist community is proposing a way to make the whole process a little more . . . comfortable. As in, clothing-optional.

Representatives from Caliente Resorts, a nudist resort and residential community that offers guests "the most luxurious clothing optional experiences you can imagine," have approached elections officials in Pasco County to establish the first clothing-optional polling site, the Associated Press reported today.

Nothing in state law would prohibit it, according to the AP. But the supervisor of elections says he's opposed to creating any new precincts before redistricting in 2010. (But he was wearing clothes when he said that.)

-- Kate Linthicum

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Photo credit: A California polling site. Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times

Comments

[Claudia]

It is pretty pathetic to know this. This is supposed to be a free country, and in a free country one cannot be prosecuted for the choices of another. Sure, many people who have something better to do than think are offended by nudity. Many others are not. Clearly, being offended is a personal choice, and people have a right to make that choice, but no one should be required to cater to that choice as a matter of law. Nudity is not obscene and should not be offensive. Naturist groups like naturistspace.org are looking for people who are open minded and want to enjoy the company of others of a like mind.