US EMBASSY NOT TO CONDUCT EXIT POLLS IN ARMENIA – ENVOY SAYS

Mediamax news agency
18 Apr 07

Yerevan, 17 April: US charge d’affaires in Armenia Anthony Godfrey
stated in an exclusive interview to Mediamax that "we don’t have
plans for nation-wide exit polling or alternative calculations"
during the parliamentary elections in Armenia.

"Frankly, exit polls have been problematic in the United States
and elsewhere, largely due to technical problems, which have raised
issues of their accuracy. But of course, the USA supports fully the
work of the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
(ODIHR). US observers will be taking part in the short-term mission,
and we have an expert in the long-term mission.

We are confident that our view of how the elections went will coincide
with the OSCE ODIHR’s view", Anthony Godfrey stated in an interview
to Mediamax.