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State law forbids handing out or exhibiting campaign materials within 40 feet of a polling place.

ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Kent Willis said the law isn't aimed at banning what he called "silent, passive" political statements such as shirts and buttons.

Willis said his group has not decided whether to sue if the law is enforced.

-- Associated Press

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Four Wounded In Shootings

Two women and two men were shot and seriously wounded in the District yesterday in two separate incidents, D.C. police said.

The men were shot about 9 p.m. in the 3800 block of 14th Street NW, police said. One suffered wounds that appeared to be life-threatening, they said.

The women, both in their 20s, were shot after getting out of a car about 4 a.m. near 17th and R streets in the Anacostia section of Southeast.

One of the women was listed in critical condition after being hit in the face and upper body, police said.


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