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A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from a subscriber claiming a Des Moines Register poll violated consumer fraud law.

The lawsuit alleged the poll, which showed Harris leading Trump, damaged the value of a Register subscription.

The judge ruled the plaintiff failed to show the poll was published with "actual malice" or intentional falsification.

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Des Moines Register subscribers were harmed by the publication of a poll released in the lead up to the 2024 presidential election.

Dennis Donnelly of West Des Moines, who identified himself as a Register subscriber, alleged the Register, its parent company Gannett Co., Inc. and pollster J. Ann Selzer violated Iowa consumer fraud law when the paper released its final Iowa

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