In the era of camera-equipped smartphones and social media, states have interpreted those laws to prohibit ballot selfies. But in just the past four weeks, a federal appellate court in Boston and a federal trial judge in East Lansing have found laws prohibiting ballot selfies to violate the First Amendment’s protection of free speech. Pop star Justin Timberlake turned ballot selfies into a sensation on Tuesday, when he posted a photo of himself casting an early ballot at a Memphis polling station on Instagram. The case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three New Hampshire voters who defied the law and posted ballot selfies. “People want to post ballot selfies for the best reasons, because they want to express excitement about voting,” he said.

Source: Huffington Post October 27, 2016 13:13 UTC