The change was pitched as a policy modernization to keep up with technological and social change, but it was opposed by several election officials worried it could cause problems on Election Day.

Goochland County Electoral Board member Robin R. Lind, who requested the opinion with Isle of Wight County Electoral Board member William A. Bell Jr., called the regulation change “utter foolishness.”

Along with voting on the presidential contest, congressional elections and local races, all Virginia voters will face two constitutional amendment questions, which Lind said likely will slow the process as voters read the text.

“To allow people to take selfies in the presidential balloting process is certainly not going to speed the process up,” Lind said in an interview.

“I can only believe that it will delay the process and may cause a good deal of consternation from people who think they’re being photographed by somebody else. That could lead to confrontations that we don’t want to have.”