Many voters take ballot selfies and post them to social media sites like Facebook on election day, and it is a powerful form of free speech. Instead of just telling people whom they voted for, voters can actually prove whom they voted for — there’s just no other way to do that so convincingly. But the Secretary of State prohibits this. This is not just a case against silly rules; it’s a case against unconstitutional censorship.
— Stephen Klein, an attorney for the Pillar of Law Institute who is serving as lead counsel in a suit filed on behalf of Michigan resident Joel Crookston, who took a picture of his ballot in the 2012 election and found himself in legal trouble thanks to a state law banning ballot photography.
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