EXIT POLLS: NJ court reinstates ban on voting site exit polls

[Bill Bored]

NJ court reinstates ban on voting site exit polls

By BETH DeFALCO
Associated Press Writer

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The New Jersey Supreme Court has reinstated a ban on exit polls, surveys taken of people as they leave their voting places.

It also has kept in place a ban on distributing leaflets or other materials within 100 feet of polling places. It said Wednesday prohibiting such activities will ensure voters feel no obstructions to casting their ballots.

The ban on approaching voters was created in 1972. It was changed in 2007 by the state attorney general to allow for exit polling by journalists.

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OMG! How will TipToe, uh I mean TIA, know who won elections in the Garden State?

(Come to think of it, we won't know anyway because they have e-vote counting without a paper trail.)

[bluestateguy]

1. Good. Pollsters are scum.

A dishonorable profession, about as bad as working for a health insurance company.

[valerief]

2. I have 100% faith in the electronic voting machines.

:sarcasm:

[OnTheOtherHand]

3. federal courts are likely to overturn this

I guess I'm just repeating conventional wisdom, but as far as I know that is what has always happened in the past.

Of course I don't believe in using exit polls to figure out who won an election.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

4. correct! NJ.Experts: NJ voting buffer zone ruling won't stand

fed courts have been overturning these types of decisions where-ever made.
Article in Today's news predicting:

NJ.Experts: NJ voting buffer zone ruling won't stand
Oct 2. TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A court decision that bars exit polling within 100 feet of New Jersey polling places is unlikely to stand because federal courts around the country have consistently rejected such restrictions, according to legal and polling experts.
New Jersey is the only state to keep exit pollsters and journalists from approaching voters within 100 feet of a polling place.
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