Anybody know if there is going to be exit polls this time?

[PlanetBev]

Normally I don't like exit polls because they will call an election before the West Coast is finishing voting, but I think it's important this year because it might help expose voting machine fraud in some states if the numbers don't line up.

Anybody hear anything?

[msongs]

1. oh sure the media will be

calling the election on the east coast before california has had a chance to eat dinner.

Msongs
Riverside CA

PS - hopefully the outcome will be different this year...

[sherilocks]

2. They were doing exit polling for the Florida primaries

seems likely they will do them again. But I don't really know for sure.

[ninainsf]

3. They most definitely will

Exit polls = big nielson numbers = bigger advertising $$$

[mahina]

4. Volunteer with Common Cause to be an election monitor here

http://www.commoncause.org/site/pp.asp?c=dkLNK1MQIwG&b=200690

From the Common Cause page above:
Common Cause-Votewatch Election Monitoring
 
In 2000, 4 million to 6 million votes cast in the presidential election were "lost," according to a study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology. That was up to one in 18 votes. The study concluded that confusing ballots and faulty equipment were blamed for the loss of 1.5 to 2 million votes, while registration mix-ups caused 1.5 million to 3 million of the votes to go uncounted. Poor polling place operations lost up to 1 million votes, the study said. 
 
It is possible that this election will be even closer than the one 2000.  That is why Common Cause has teamed up with Votewatch to create a comprehensive citizen-driven system of real-time election monitoring and reporting.  Teams of trained volunteers, monitors, and staff will observe polling place activities and gather data that will be used to evaluate voting procedures nationwide, learn where and how election day issues impact the vote, and improve future elections. Our monitors will also be able to relay immediate problems to address problems at the polls when and where it is possible.
 
Thousands of volunteers are needed to fill positions across the nation to monitor the election.  Register today!

[mahina]

5. Sorry if that is off topic, just want you to know

nt