Freedom of speech have been doing just that all along. Even when you pull the curtain to vote privately you now have the right to make your vote public. Thats the decision from a federal Appeals Court upholding a Lower Court Ruling that declared New Hampshires ban on ballot selfies unconstitutional. In 2014 in an effort to curb potential voter fraud, the state outlawed displaying photos of marked ballots a violation that carried a fine up to 1,000. That didnt stop people from posting socalled ballot selfies like state representative leon rideout did. I took a picture of my ballot and posted it on twitter and my Facebook Page for state rep. To me, it was just another incremental infringement on our law on behalf of rideout and 2 other voters. Legal anaylst Kirsten Wilson says the court saw the ban as a First Amendment violation. Its really freedom of speech, and political speech, in particular, is one of the most protected areas of speech in the history of the united states. Jean repres
Cloudy, drizzly, and cold. A little bit of improvement today . Kevin i think for most areas today, we have sunshine for several hours. It allows temperatures to get back. You probably noticed yesterday especially closer to the shoreline we had a good breeze out of the northeast that added the extra chill to the air. That will be around today. This will be with partial sunshine, even to the coast. Temperatures starting off in the upper 30s up north. Were still in the low to mid 50s. Afternoon. Well talk better rain chances for the weekend with your forecast coming up. Lets look at your thursday morning ride here in the Granite State. Were joined live by deb davidson. Deb good thursday morning. Were seeing some decent roadways in the Granite State. 93 southbound is moving well from the plymouth to concord and from manchester to the state line. No problems on 293 from the upper split to the lower split in the bedford tolls okay with ease. In massachusetts, all major roads right now are up
And im erik rasmussen. Boston mayor marty walsh is encouraging commuters to take Public Transit to keep roads clear while New Hampshires department of Public Safety says it is opening the states Emergency Operations center before the commute as a precaution. Fox 25 has Team Coverage of this storm. Our ted daniel is live at Logan Airport. Jim morelli is following road preparations. But we begin tonight with Sarah Wroblewski with the timeline. We have this storm continuing to push east as of this hour. Snow spreading from chicago to the great lakes. Rain down across as far south as atlanta and florida. But now the snow is just starting to arrive in new england. Thats why we have Winter Weather advisories posted for southern areas of winter storm warning for northern parts of new england. And temperatures definitely cold enough to support snow in the 20s and 30s. You can see parts of New Hampshire, vermont, western have some snowflakes being reported from radar. We have to continue to mon
Before the commute as a precaution. Fox 25 has Team Coverage of this storm. Our ted daniel is live at Logan Airport. Jim morelli is following road preparations. But we begin tonight with Sarah Wroblewski with the timeline. We have this storm continuing to push east as of this hour. Snow spreading from chicago to the great lakes. Rain down across as far south as atlanta and florida. But now the snow is just starting to arrive in new england. Thats why we have Winter Weather advisories posted for southern areas of winter storm warning for northern parts of new england. And temperatures definitely cold enough to support snow in the 20s and 30s. You can see parts of New Hampshire, vermont, western parts of the state we do have some snowflakes being reported from radar. We have to continue to monitor as that snow pushes eastward. In fact in the boston area expecting to see snow arrive shortly after midnight. And then as we head towards the Morning Hours its going to be a mess. Well see a mi
Three Indoor Football League players and a coach have been suspended indefinitely from the league, the IFL commissioner announced Monday after a fight broke out and some players jumped into the stands during a game in Phoenix.