New Jerseyans can still technically face punishment for taking a vote selfie but prosecutions unlikely

TRENTON — The state lawmaker looking to lift the ban on ballot selfies says New Jerseyans who want to post photos from the voting booth shouldn’t be too worried come Election Day. Last month, State Assemblyman Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson) introduced a bill that would legalize the practice of polling place self-portraiture, arguing laws prohibiting such photos…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 24, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Judge Janet T. Neff of the United States District for the Western District of Michigan issued a preliminary injunction in the case Crookston v. Johnson today, ruling that state law must not prohibit plaintiff Joel Crookston and other Michigan voters from photographing their own marked ballots and posting…