individuals -- Leon Rideout, Andrew Langlois, and Brandon Ross -are the plaintiffs in this case.3 Rideout, a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and a Selectman for Lancaster, New Hampshire, took a photograph of his ballot, which showed that he had voted for himself and other Republican candidates in the September 9, 2014 primary. Later that day, he posted the ballot selfie on his Twitter feed and on his House of Representatives Facebook page. He then explained in an interview with the Nashua Telegraph, published on September 11, 2014, that he took and posted the photograph online "to make a statement," and that he thought section 659:35, I was "unconstitutional." Langlois, who voted in Berlin, New Hampshire, did not approve of the Republican candidates for the United States Senate, and so wrote in the name of his recently deceased dog, "Akira," and took a photograph of his ballot. When he returned home, he posted the ballot selfie on Facebook with a note that read in part: "Because all Akira . . . ." of the candidates SUCK, I did a write-in of He was then called by an investigator from the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office and informed he was under investigation. 3 All three plaintiffs have entered into agreements with the State to toll the three-month statute of limitations period for section 659:35, I, pending resolution of this litigation. - 8 -