Article: Exit poll service is shut down

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 ...

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