Pop star Justin Timberlake took a selfie recently while voting in Tennessee.
Credit: Justin Timberlake/Instagram
Concerned that taking a selfie in the voting booth Tuesday is illegal?
Here’s what you need to know:
- The Pennsylvania Department of State recently put out guidance for county board of election officials and instructed them to make “common sense rules that take into account the need for order in the polling place and the right of citizens to vote unimpeded.”
- Recent court rulings have noted there is a First Amendment right to take ballot selfies.
- The Department of State recommends Pennsylvania voters who want to take a picture of themselves voting make sure they are not disclosing the selections of voters other than themselves. In short: only take a selfie with your ballot.
- State officials recommend that voters wait until after they leave the polling place to post ballot selfies on social media.
- State law does note that voters are not to inform others of their choices while in the booth, which means no Facebook Live broadcasts from in the booth and don’t Instagram your selfie before you cast your vote.
