On May 20, South Dakota state officials conceded that they cannot force exit pollsters to remain at least 100 feet away from polling places. The TV networks had sued South Dakota on May 12, to overturn the Secretary of State’s ruling that exit pollsters must be treated as though they are campaigners. State law in most, if not all states, prevents campaigners from being within 100 feet of any polling place (sometimes the distance is even greater). But other states don’t consider exit pollsters to be campaigners. Probably South Dakota gave in when it realized that courts in other states have always ruled in favor of exit pollsters on this issue.