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

The Libertarian Party hopeful faces possible penalties for posting a photo of herself voting on social media. She says the law is unconstitutional.

Voters arrive at the Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church polling station during the North Carolina primary on Super Tuesday in Charlotte, N.C. on March 3, 2020. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images

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.