[EL] CNN releases initial returns before polls close

[Larry Levine]

It seems to me that the eastern states are releasing actual vote counts before the polls have closed in most of the country. I remember when we lost a Democratic member of congress in L.A. when TV declared Reagan the winner early and the California turnout dropped. Seems that we are back to those days.

Larry

 

From: law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu [mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Scarberry
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Subject: [EL] CNN releases initial returns before polls close

 

Florida, NH, at least one other state. I thought states were very careful not to release such returns. These aren't exit polls, I think, so this appears to be the responsibility of election officials. 

 

Also, in one state a court ordered polls to be kept open beyond closing time due to computer glitches. Should that remedy have been applied statewide; I don't see how a court could calibrate a precise remedy in terms of number of minutes extra. 

 

Mark Scarberry 

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