Joseph Pennington: Exit Poll Uneccessary
ArmInfo reports that US Charge d’Affaires Joseph Pennington believes that the aborted attempt to hold an exit poll during the 19 February 2008 presidential election in Armenia is not necessary for assessing whether the vote is transparent or not. Pennington says that opposition concerns with the local organization which would collect the data did not play a part in the decision to scrap the poll although few would probably buy into that explanation.
“We supposed that the exit-poll would be another useful tool to improve the election, as well as an opportunity to collect data about whom and what way the people vote, and this would also be useful in the post-electoral period”, the diplomat said. […]
However, the diplomat said that the opposition’s criticism was not the determinant to stop the implementation of the project. “This decision was influenced by particularly technical issues and the
impossibility to solve them in due time”, he said.
- Published:
- 01.27.08 / 1pm by Onnik
- Category:
- Armenia, Armenia Presidential Election 2008, Democracy, Exit Polls, News Briefs, USAID, United States, Voting
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