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Article: Congressman seeks exit poll data; Conyers says that the discrepancies in Kerry-Bush race need investigation
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- December 22, 2004
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NEW YORK (AP) - The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee
has asked The Associated Press and five broadcast networks to turn
over raw exit poll data collected on Election Day so that any
discrepancies between the data and the certified election results can
be investigated.
Rep. John Conyers Jr., of Michigan, said in a letter released
Tuesday in Washington that the polling firms that conducted the polls
on behalf of the news organizations, Mitofsky International and
Edison Media Research, had declined to share the information with the
panel.
"Without the raw data, the committee will be severely handicapped
in its efforts to show the need for serious election reform in the
United ...