North Carolina Candidate Sues State Over Law Against ‘Ballot Selfies’

A woman has filed a lawsuit against the North Carolina elections board over state laws that criminalize photos in polling places after she was notified she may have violated the law with a selfie. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. Eastern District Court of North Carolina on Aug. 22 by Susan Hogarth, a resident and registered voter of Wake County, North Carolina. Hogarth, who is running as the Libertarian Party candidate for state Senate District 13, has “voted in nearly every national election” in the last 10 years, the lawsuit states. She has also “taken and shared ballot selfies” when voting in those elections and “intends to do so again,” it says....