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Article: VNS abandons national exit poll operation, has problems counting the vote
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- AP Worldstream
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- November 6, 2002
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Dateline: NEW YORK
The debut of Voter News Service's rebuilt system ran into severe problems,
as the consortium was unable to deliver exit polls designed to help
explain results and struggled to count the vote quickly.
The failures in Tuesday's midterm elections were a major setback for
VNS _ a consortium consisting of ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox and The Associated
Press. VNS had completely overhauled its system in response to the
2000 election, when television networks twice used its information
to make wrong calls in the decisive Florida vote for the presidency.
The exit poll information was intended to help media organizations
explain why people voted as they did. But ...