Vote, Uninterrupted

If you’re planning to vote in person this election, you’d better get familiar with regulations in your state around bringing camera cell phones and other recording devices into the polling area. The New York Times reports.

Some states don’t explicitly ban phones and cameras but plan to have poll workers warn voters not to use recording devices in the voting area, Bayard said.

The California Secretary of State’s office told me poll workers shouldn’t even ask if a voter is carrying a cell phone, but the Texas Secretary of State’s office said voters have to turn off camera phones completely once they’re within 100 feet of a polling place.

emily | 11:02 PM | News, Buzz |
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