Attorneys who say voters should be allowed take selfies with their ballots are back in court. They still hope to block a state ban on the practice -- with just a week to go before Election Day.
There’s a legal scramble on after a lower court in Michigan joined federal courts in other states that struck down similar rules as violations of free speech rights. Then a federal appeals court restored Michigan’s ban.
“There’s still time to fix it.” (laughs)
Stephen Klein is an attorney trying to block the ban. He says leaving the ban in place for even one more election is not fair to voters.
“The loss of First Amendment freedoms, even for a short period of time, is an irreparable harm.”
Klein also says voters have already been taking ballot selfies and posting them to social media without knowing they’re violating the law, and without disrupting elections.
The state says the ban is nevertheless necessary to safeguard against intimidation and vote-buying.