IP:
Early voting is upon us in Illinois. Mail-in ballots are free to fly.
But don’t dare take a picture of your vote.
Snapping a photo of your filled-in ballot and posting it on Facebook or Instagram is technically a Class 4 felony in Illinois, which comes with a prison sentence of one to three years. According to the Illinois Election Code, anyone who “knowingly” casts his or her ballot in a way that “can be observed by another person” is breaking the law.
While more than a dozen other states also forbid the ballot selfie, Illinois appears to be the only one where the “offense” is clearly classified as a felony. But it seems no one on record has been arrested for it.
So why is this still on the books?
Probably a relic of the ‘Daley Machine’ era. Didn’t want any verifiable competition to their ‘official’ vote manufacturing, um, er, I mean, counting.
Proglowsites love to criminalize everything when they run the show.
TWD
It is still on the books in case some Dem pol wants to turn an opponent into a felon.
Voter fraud is probably a misdemeanor.
I would think showing or giving the ballot to another, for mailing or not, could be a crime. Could. Showing the ballot would provide confirmation for reimbursement, giving it would allow for possible disposal. A photo of an uncounted ballot is meaningless in today’s photoshop world.
perfect opportunity for a scam, too:
get ballot in mail
photocopy ballot X100
fill out all copies
photos
email uncle georgie
get moneys
Yeah, like those dead people who vote are going to take a picture !!!
The ONLY rational reason for persecuting someone who does this is because doing so poses a threat to the vote cheaters of the commie left.