Pull Lever, Don't Snap Shutter: It May Be Illegal To Post Your Ballot 383
An anonymous reader writes "Proud voters are already posting their ballots on Instagram but ProPublica's Lois Beckett reports that you may want to check your state laws first since showing your marked ballot to other people is actually illegal in many states."
Re:Good reason for it to be illegal (Score:2, Informative)
*its finest.
Yeah, Grammar Nazi here. Sue me.
State-By-State List (Score:5, Informative)
Alabama
Delaware
Maine
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Vermont
Wyoming
The Law on This is Unlcear
Arkansas
Connecticut
DC
Hawaii
Idaho
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
Ohio
Illegal to Photograph Your Marked Ballot
All Other U.S. States
Source [citmedialaw.org]
Re:Good reason for it to be illegal (Score:4, Informative)
Of course if you are using a mail-in ballot you can show it to anyone you want before dropping it in the mail. They could even watch you seal the envelope and drop it in the mail for you. And mail-in ballots are becoming much more common and encouraged by the major parties.
Re:Good reason for it to be illegal (Score:2, Informative)
just got a brilliant idea, how about if you got a piece of paper put a cross next to the candidate you want to vote for and then put that paper in box
when voting is done a number of people could then empty said box and count how many crossed each candidate
I'd the event that someone claims fraud you could even count them again
and to commit any significant fraud you'd have to have containers full of prefilled ballots, and dumpster to fill with ballots you don't like
why haven't anyone thought of that before