Ohio county bans voting machine critics from election roles, stirring free speech concerns

The board of elections for Seneca County has barred people who are "publicly or actively working against the use of voting machines" from working at election sites in any role. The timing of the decision suggests the new rule is a response to the recent petition drive to put a county-wide referendum on the November ballot to eliminate voting machines and return to paper ballots. Here voters in greater Columbus use electronic voting machines. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)