Election Projections: First Amendment Issues

Cohen, Henry

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Elections;    Constitutional amendments - U.S. - 1;    Election forecasting;    Constitution;   

RP-ID  :  RS20762
RP-ID  :  RS20762 2001-01-23

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Media projections may be based both on exit polls and on information acquired as to actual ballot counts. The First Amendment would generally preclude Congress from prohibiting the media from interviewing voters after they exit the polls. It apparently would also preclude Congress from prohibiting the media from reporting the results of those polls. Congress, could, however, ban voter solicitation within a certain distance from a polling place, and might be able to include exit polling within such a ban.