Smartphones in California’s Polling Places
It's impossible to believe that humans were once able to go through life without a smartphone in our hand. Today, we rely on our smartphones for everything. We use it to update our social media accounts, to take pictures, to get directions, and to find the cheapest place to find gas. On the rare occasions when we have to leave our smartphone behind, it feels like we've lost an arm. Most of us feel the loss of the smartphone so keenly that it's nearly impossible to concentrate on anything else until we're finally reunited with our smartphone.
One of the places that smartphones, tablets, and other handheld devices are prohibited are in polling places. That law changed when lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 1707. The bill was approved by the Governor and filed with California's Secretary of State on October 8, 2019.
Keep in mind that while you're allowed to bring your smartphone into the polling place, the state has placed restrictions on how the phone is used. While you're in the polling place, you're not allowed to use your smartphone to:
- Take videos or pictures of someone while they're in the polling place and threaten to use the images against them
- You can't violate Sections 4221, 14224, 14291, 18370, 18502, 18540, 18541 of the bill
09 July, 2020
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