No. 20-1731

Trista Oettle v. William J. Cadigan, Chairman, Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2021-06-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: ballot-selfie content-based-restriction first-amendment free-speech political-expression political-speech public-forum viewpoint-neutral viewpoint-neutrality
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a photograph of a completed ballot, commonly called a ballot selfie, is a form of political expression in a public forum or a nonpublic forum.

2. Whether a ballot selfie photography ban is a permissible, viewpoint-neutral ban or an unconstitutional content-based ban on political expression.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a ballot selfie is a form of political expression

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-06-21
Waiver of right of respondent William Cadigan to respond filed.
2021-06-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 15, 2021)

Attorneys

Trista Oettle
Peter Jonathan MaagMaag Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
William Cadigan
Frank Henry BieszczatOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent