Snapchat wants 'ballot selfies' to be legal
 

Snapchat wants 'ballot selfies' to be legal
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Snapchat is taking new steps to make sure its users' selfies are legal in more places.*

The company filed court paperwork last week as part of a legal case seeking to defend voters' right to take and share "ballot selfies" on election day.

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Snapchat's filing is just the latest development in more than a year and a half of legal wrangling over whether New Hampshire voters have the right to share photos they take at the ballot box on social media.*

In September of 2014, the state of New Hampshire passed a law*banning voters from sharing photos of marked ballots on social media, with those who violated the law subject to fines up to $1,000. Soon after, the ACLU challenged the law on behalf of three New Hampshire voters, saying it violated their First Amendment right to free speech. Read more...


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