Questions continue on 04 vote

Earlier this month the company that owned the 2004 election exit poll statistics issued its report on why exit polls showed Kerry with a 3% advantage but Bush apparently won with a 2.5% advantage. The reason given was basically that Kerry voters were more willing to talk to the people doing the exit polls.

Now academic statisticians have had the time to study the figures and this interpretation, and find it wanting. Specifically this group, from several prominent universities, doesn't accept this explanation, and says that widespread fraud is still an open possibility. They call for more investigation. Here's the press release with links to the full reports:

Prominent Statisticians Urge Investigation of 2004 U.S. Presidential Election Results - USCountVotes.org