OK, according to that article, I'm now breaking the law. I voted UKiP in both the Local and European elections. I'm sorry, but I don't believe everything I read on web sites and, in this case, i think that TechDirt is scraping the bottom of the barrel in an effort to find headlines. It seems to be becoming the Daily Mail of the Internet.

Of course, just like most western countries, we have laws prohibiting photographing people in voting boots without their permission but we don't have laws prohibiting photographing yourself in a voting booth. Although, I would advise against photographing your ballot paper because it may have a unique identifying number on it that can directly identify you. Something that I have complained about for years and apparently has been taken note of (not because Icomplained but they must have had other complaints) because, at least in our polling station, they have ceased to write your unique number on the paper like they used to. I complained that voting is supposed to be "blind" in that no-one should ever be able to find out who you voted for unless you personally reveal such information. That being the case, if it has an identifying number on it [i]anyone could find out who you voted for. Yesterday when I voted, although they wrote the identifying number in the register, which is fair enough to prove that I only voted once, they did not put any identifying number or mark on my ballot paper like they used to do.

I'm sorry to say that TechDirt seems to be a "conspiracy theory" site and are now scraping the barrel looking for "dirt" that isn't there. I've never heard of anyone being prosecuted for taking a photo of their own ballot paper. In fact, I've never heard of anyone taking a photo of theirs or anyone else's ballot paper. Mind you. people take pictures of their meals now, so it wouldn't surprise me.