to the language of the very limitation proposed by the minority of the House Criminal Justice Committee, but rejected by the majority of that Committee. The ballot-selfie prohibition "burn[ing down] the house to roast the pig." is like Butler v. Michigan, 352 U.S. 380, 383 (1957). There are strong First Amendment interests held by the voters in the speech that this amendment prohibits. As the Supreme Court has said, "[t]he use of illustrations or pictures . . . serves important communicative functions: it attracts the attention of the audience to the [speaker's] message, and it may also serve to impart information directly." Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel, 471 U.S. 626, 647 (1985). The restriction affects voters who are engaged in core political speech, an area highly protected by the First Amendment. As amici point out, there is an increased use of social media and ballot selfies in particular in service of political speech by voters.9 A ban on ballot selfies would suppress a large swath of 9 Amicus Snapchat stresses that "younger voters participate in the political process and make their voices heard" through the use of ballot selfies. According to the Pew Research Center, in the 2012 election, "22% of registered voters have let others know how they voted on a social networking site such as Facebook or Twitter," "30% of registered voters [were] encouraged to vote for [a particular candidate] by family and friends via posts on social media such as Facebook and Twitter," and "20% of registered voters have encouraged others to vote by posting on a social networking site." Lee Raine, Pew Research Center, Social Media and Voting (Nov. 6, 2012), http://www.pewinternet.org/ 2012/11/06/social-media-and-voting/. - 20 -