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Article: VNS Abandons US Exit Poll Operation
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- November 6, 2002
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NEW YORK (AP) _ Voter News Service abandoned its state and national
exit poll plans for Election Night, saying it could not guarantee
the accuracy of the analysis which media organizations use to help
explain why people voted as they did.
VNS also had problems Tuesday night with a separate operation for
counting the actual vote. CBS and NBC complained the votes were coming
in slowly and they were relying on a backup operation provided by
The Associated Press.
The company did have limited information from the exit poll surveys
that gave its members guidance in projecting winners for individual
races.
The exit poll failure was a major setback for VNS _ ...