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Litigation

Nov. 3, 2016

ACLU seeks TRO to allow 'ballot selfies' on Election Day

Organization seeks injunction, temporary restraining order to avoid chilling free speech. Critics claim photos of finished ballots can threaten election legitimacy.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Likes, celebrity and the perfect caption. When it comes to "ballot selfies," is posting a picture of a completed ballot self-evidently protected speech, or a threat to democracy?

The American Civil Liberties Union will argue the former Wednesday in the Northern District before U.S. District Judge William Alsup.

In a lawsuit filed Monday, the ACLU alleges that two l...

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