Judge Voids Measure to Bar News Exit Polls
October 25, 2006
JUDGE VOIDS MEASURE TO BAR NEWS EXIT POLLS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Abby Goodnough]
A federal judge on Tuesday permitted news organizations to conduct exit polls outside voting places, overturning part of a Florida law that put such polls in the same category as electioneering and other banned activities. The Associated Press and five television networks sued last month to block the law. They are fighting similar laws in Nevada and Ohio, saying that questioning voters as they leave polling places on Election Day is crucial to newsgathering.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/us/politics/25exitpoll.html
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Judge Voids Measure to Bar News Exit Polls