Eager to snap and post an online photo of your Michigan ballot in the Nov. 6 election? Think again.
A lawsuit over photos in polling places still hasn't reached the finish line -- more than two years later. Next year seems likely.
A voter in the Kalamazoo area sued in 2016 to try to stop Michigan rules and laws that bar people from taking a photo of their marked ballot or publicly exposing it. Federal Judge Janet Neff granted an injunction, clearing the way for so-called ballot selfies.
But a higher court stepped in and said a change just days before the Trump-Clinton election would be a "recipe for election-day confusion."
Joel Crookston's lawsuit against the secretary of state still is ongoing while another election approaches. Crookston says his free-speech rights are being violated.