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Article: Exit poll service is shut down
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 6, 2002
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ELECTION 2002
Exit poll service is shut down
Voter News Service said it planned to provide only limited data
By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
New York -- Voter News Service abandoned its state and national
exit poll plans for election night, saying it could not guarantee the
accuracy of the analyses that media organizations use to help explain
why people voted as they did.
The decision did not affect VNS' separate operation for counting
the actual vote. VNS also hoped to have limited information from the
exit poll surveys to give its members guidance in projecting winners
for individual races.
Still, it was a major setback for VNS -- a consortium consisting
of ...