U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks voting booth selfie ban that New Hampshire introduced to stop coercion or intimidation

Election Day is rapidly approaching and if you’re wondering whether or not you can legally take a selfie in the voting booth to commemorate the 2016 election, know the law is on the side of selfie-takers. On Wednesday, a federal court ruled that banning selfies from voting booths is a violation of a voter’s’ First Amendment…

A New Hampshire ban on standing for a selfie with one’s ballot has been struck down by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Though there is no federal law prohibiting the so-called “ballot selfie,” photographing ballots is illegal in 35 states. There are no express bans on ballot selfies in many of these jurisdictions, but…