How can I entirely remove that Topic Bar (some folks call it "toolbar") about US Election 2008 from my Twitter page?

Possibly juggling with ways for setting the bases for a monetization model, Twitter launched the following Topic Bar about US Election 2008

Even if I click the "X", an E08 button remains.

The Solution

First of all, we have to recognize the piece of HTML that is displaying the Topic Bar:

<h1 class="elections-promotion"> ... </h1>

Gotcha!

The first attempt is a cross browser solution using your browser's user style definition. Take a look at this previous post about how to do find the user style for Firefox and Internet Explorer, or this for Opera, or this one for Safari

Now just add h1.elections-promotion { display:none !important } to your user style. No more Election Bar!

The second attempt consists in using the very useful Firefox addon called AdBlock Plus:

1. Install AdBlock Plus:in Firefox
2. Go to "Tools" menu option, then AdBlock Plus...
3. Click in Add Filter ...
4. Paste the following code twitter.com#H1(class=elections-promotion)
5. Enjoy a clean Twitter page!

Some external resources

• How do I remove the Twitter Election Toolbar?
• How to Remove the Twitter ‘Election’ info