>Voting is private. The fix is simple. Take the press out of the loop. Pass a law that prohibits exit polling and no projections or results can be broadcast until the polls close in Hawaii. I for one can wait until Wednesday to hear who won. This keeps the press from manipulating the process and allows a cleaner result. The press is suppose to be a watch dog not an interactive entity. Like they didn't know what they were doing when the made those projections and I created the silicon chip before Gore did the internet.

I believe you are getting big-league into "1st Amendment trampling" with the idea of such a law, not that I'm disagreeing with you in general that the press did a horrible job. The press really must become self-policing, and I think they will be much more careful in the future.