§11-137  Secrecy; removal or exhibition ofballot.  No person shall look at or ask to see the contents of the ballotor the choice of party or nonpartisan ballot of any voter, except as providedin section 11-139 and 11-132, nor shall any person within the polling placeattempt to influence a voter in regard to whom the voter shall vote for.  Whena voter is in the voting booth for the purpose of voting, no other person,except as provided in section 11-139 and 11-132, shall be allowed to enter thebooth or to be in a position from which the person can observe how the votervotes.

No person shall take a ballot out of thepolling place except as provided in sections 11-135 and 11-139.  After votingthe voter shall leave the voting booth and deliver the voter's ballot to theprecinct official in charge of the ballot boxes.  The precinct official shallmake certain that the precinct official has received the correct ballot and noother and then shall deposit the ballot into the ballot box.  No person shall lookat or ask to see the contents of the unvoted ballots.  If any person havingreceived a ballot leaves the polling place without first delivering the ballotto the precinct official as provided above, or wilfully exhibits the person'sballot or the person's unvoted ballots in a special primary or primaryelection, except as provided in section 11-139 and 11-132, after the ballot hasbeen marked, the person shall forfeit the person's right to vote, and thechairperson of the precinct officials shall cause a record to be made of theproceeding. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1972, c 158, §1; am L 1973, c 217,§1(rr); am L 1975, c 36, §1(10); am L 1980, c 264, §1(m); gen ch 1985; am L1993, c 97, §3]

 

Attorney General Opinions

 

  Precludes "exit polling" within a polling place andwithin a thousand-foot radius thereof.  Att. Gen. Op. 84-4.