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...rise over the Church of the Nazarene in Tallahassee as poll worker Curt Hall pulls out the chalk line. For the past four years, the retiree has been an election volunteer at the church, which serves as the polling place for Precincts 5213 and 5214. Hall marches off 100 feet and places a marker. When the polls open in less than an hour, the only people allowed within that radius will be those ready to cast a ballot. He points to a hedge on the other side of the church parking lot, just visible in the pre-dawn light...
...Election judges in Minnesota are erring on protecting the privacy of voters over the ability for exit pollsters to conduct interviews outside of polling stations. A head election judge at a polling station on the University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus said I could not interview voters within 100 feet of a polling station after they had already voted, saying my activities constituted exit polling...
...federal judge in October ruled in favor of media outlets after they sued the state over a law that barred them from conducting exit polling closer than 100 feet of polling stations. U.S. Chief Judge Michael Davis held that the rule infringed on media organizations' First Amendment rights. Judy Schwartua, a Minneapolis training and communications director for elections, said the ruling applied only to the media organizations that sued the state and the precincts listed in the ruling. But Susan Buckley, who represented the media organizations, disagreed. "The ruling is pretty clear. The state cannot prevent exit polling. That...
...Honestly, our focus is on getting people to the polls," McGinnis said. "Today, we're getting feet on the street...
...second set Alistair really pushed Chaloupkha,” Rueb said. “He broke Chaloupkha twice in the final set but couldn’t consolidate his breaks. This shows a little bit of inexperience, but he is now just getting his feet wet. We expect great things from him but still have a ways to go until the spring...