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RantCrush Top 5: September 29, 2016
Welcome to RantCrush Top 5, where we take you through today’s top five controversial stories in the world of law and policy. Who’s ranting and raving right now? Check it out below:
We focus on the important things here. This week in a 3-0 ruling a federal appeals court declared that the NH ban on ballot selfies was unconstitutional on the grounds that there are no real threats to the voting process made by “new technologies” in the ballot box.
“Ballot selfie” ban violates the 1st Amendment, 1st Cir. rules. The law can’t satisfy intermediate scrutiny. pic.twitter.com/4d5JaWNUDM
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) September 28, 2016
In other news, Trump is running for president. So whether you can take a freakin’ ballot selfie or not, get your ass to the polls:
We’re on the cusp of electoral Armageddon and folks are fighting over right to take ballot selfies in voting booths? https://t.co/WhuRMiiwdJ
— Daniel Tunkelang (@dtunkelang) September 28, 2016
I’m a NH voter and now I’m more likely to vote on Nov. 8 because a court just affirmed my right to a ballot selfie, said no one ever.
— Ethan Klapper (@ethanklapper) September 28, 2016
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