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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" citation="COMAR 33.17.06.11" title_num="33" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="06" heading="Exit Polling.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In General. Exit polling, whether by questionnaire or interview, is permitted within the No Electioneering Zone outside an early voting center, subject to the conditions specified in §B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Conditions. A pollster:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>May not enter the voting room;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May not ask questions of a voter until the voter has left the voting room;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Shall inform each voter being polled that the voter's participation is voluntary; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>May not electioneer.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Notice Requested.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Polling organizations are requested to provide the State Administrator or the election director with a list of those polling places that they intend to cover, so that the election judges can be informed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Failure to provide this information, however, does not in any way diminish or otherwise affect the rights granted by this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>