How can the leaking of exit polls on the Internet be prevented?

[bluestateguy]

Matt Drudge is the biggest culprit of this crap on election day. He must have a lot of moles in the big newspapers and major networks. I think we would all be astonished to learn how many contacts he has in the "mainstream" media (leading one to wonder if he is more of an establishmentarian than he lets on).

Anyway, other bloggers, including Daily Kos are getting into the exit poll leaking business, and this is not a good thing. As an ever greater percentage of Americans get their political news from the Internet, leaking exit polls before millions of people have voted can have a destructive effect on elections.

I do hope that the DU administrators will BAN posts that even make mention of leaked exit polls before the polls have closed.

Is there some way that the exit pollsters can keep a tighter lid on their information? Can something be done about internet bloggers and gossip sites that insist on leaking exit polls?

[AngryAmish]

1. No

The information will out. Prior restraint (Pentagon Papers) does not fly.

[AndyTiedye]

2. It is Better if it DOES Get Out

That way they can't doctor the numbers so easily.