Enlarge / Eric Trump, son of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, looks at wife Lara Yunaska’s voting booth. (credit: Bloomberg / Getty Images News)

Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, tweeted out a picture of his own vote and then deleted it, technically a violation of New York state law. Additionally, both Trump men were captured in photos or video violating the principle of ballot secrecy by seemingly checking out their wives’ ballots.

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As Ars reported last week, a federal judge in New York rejected plaintiffs’ attempts to halt an existing state and New York City law that bans the practice of a ballot selfie. The judge wrestled with balancing First Amendment free speech rights against the public policy interest in keeping a secret ballot so that voting is not unduly influenced.

“The absence of recent evidence of this kind of voter bribery or intimidation does not mean that the motivation to engage in such conduct no longer exists,” US District Judge P. Kevin Castel wrote. “Rather, it is consistent with the continued effectiveness of the New York statute.”