CONDUCT AN EXIT POLL FOR AN ELECTION

In accordance with La. R.S. 18:1462.1, exit polls must be registered with the Secretary of State. No person shall conduct an exit poll between the hours of 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. within any polling place being used in an election on election day or during early voting, or within a radius of six hundred feet of the entrance to any polling place, unless the person conducting the polling has filed a registration statement necessary with the Secretary of State prior to the start of early voting or election day, as applicable. The exit poll shall be conducted in a nondisruptive manner.

Exit poll shall mean a poll of voters by a bona fide news gathering organization as defined in R.S. 44:3.1.1 leaving a polling place to gather basic demographic information and determine how voters voted on candidates and propositions in an election. Exit poll shall not be construed to include polls about races, propositions, or issues not on the ballot, or dissemination of information to voters.

The registration statement may be filed in person, by facsimile, or electronic mail. 

Upon confirmation of compliance with R.S. 18:1462.1, the Secretary of State will provide to the applicant an acceptance letter for documentation.