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Article: EXIT POLL SERVICE FAILS ON ELECTION NIGHT
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- United Press International
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- November 5, 2002
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Exit poll service fails on Election Night
WASHINGTON, Nov 05, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -
- The exit polling system used by media organizations to anticipate
the outcome of elections failed Tuesday, the night of the midterm
elections, leading news networks to announce that they would not call
races, except on the basis of votes actually counted.
The Voter News Service -- a consortium of consisting of ABC, CBS,
NBC, Fox and the Associated Press -- said in a statement its new computer
system was not properly analyzing exit poll data, and that the system'
s output could not be considered reliable. It said it hoped that some
numbers would become available ...