‘Quarantine room’ for election day exit polling

Cory Bergman November 2nd, 2006

As you remember in previous years, Drudge, Slate and other websites have leaked exit poll data early on election day. So this year, the National Election Pool, the media consortium responsible for exit polling, is setting up a “quarantine room.” Two members of each network and the Associated Press will be able to enter the windowless room — after giving up their phones, Blackberries and laptops — to examine the exit polls. Then at 5 p.m., they’ll be allowed to contact their newsrooms. Stay tuned to see if it works…