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CNN was streaming video from inside a polling place all day long in California (we think Fullerton).
In training for poll inspectors by the county registrar, video taping guidelines were reported inconsistent according to election activist and Dharma & Greg actor Mimi Kennedy in a phone interview this morning. Around 500 trainings took place throughout the county.
The rules about filming are "Ill-defined and subject to interpretation," explained John Ennis from Video The Vote. According to Grace Chavez, Spokesperson for the LA County Registrar, video taping can take place as long as it does not impede the process (voter or poll worker), does not disclose what a voter is voting for (close ups) and if the owner of the poll location is okay with it (the poll inspector is not always the owner). Media outlets must make an announcement before filming.
David Markland at blogging.la had a similar experience to the above video.
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