5 FIRMS LINK VOTE REPORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73-00475R000400300001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 31, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/17: CIA-RDP73-00475R000400300001-0
WASHINGTON POST
AND TIMES HERALD
MAR 3.1 1966
5firms Link Vote Reports
NEW YORK, 11 arch 30
(UPI)? Five major news or-
ganizations, which-collaborat-
[cd in collection ?nd tabyla-
Won of ,the -1964 presidential
'election returns, have agfeed
Ito collaborate again in the col-
lection and tabulatiOn of voles
in 1966 and 1968.
American Broadcasting Co.,
the Associated Press, Colum-
bia Broadcasting System, Na-
tiohal Broadcasting Co., Inc.
and United Press Internation:1
al have formed the News Elec-
tion Service (NES) to collect
and distribute returns ,in all
50 states in 1966 and 1968 on
contests for Governor, U.S.
Senate and the U.S. House of
Representatives, and in the
1968 presidential election. In
both years a national tabula-
tion center will be established.
NES will furnish election
returns simultaneously to thel
broadc a s ting organizations
and the wire services.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/12/17: CIA-RDP73-00475R000400300001-0