Silberberg v. Board of Elections of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
' MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
CASTEL, Senior District Judge:
These are the Court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law after a bench trial of an action to permanently enjoin a provision of New York Election Law that prohibits the showing of a marked ballot to another person as applied to the taking of a photograph depicting an individual along with that individual’s marked ballot (known as a ballot selfie) and posting it to a social media site. Also challenged is a separate policy of the Board of Elections of the City of New York (the “City Board”) that prohibits photography at polling sites,…
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