Article: EXIT POLL SERVICE FAILS ON ELECTION NIGHT

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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 ...

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