Many states made ballot selfies illegal over fear they could be used for a new kind of fraud, but trouble persists

DENVER – As early voting begins, election officials are ramping up their warnings against the increasingly popular practice of posting selfies with filled-in ballots on Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat. Why? So-called “ballot selfies” are actually illegal in about 25 states, aimed at preventing political hacks from rewarding voters who can prove they cast their ballots for…