Prepare for litigation-filled post-election

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/196526_court23.html


It's dawning on Americans that they may go to sleep Election Night, Nov. 2, and not know for weeks who won the presidency.

Close polls, technical glitches, human error and legal challenges threaten a nightmare replay of the 2000 race.

"We could have five or six Floridas including Florida itself, given the number of legal issues surfacing in one state or another so far in the 2004 race," says law professor Burt Neuborne, who spearheads voting reform efforts at New York University.

"If the issues are significant, the election could wind up in the Supreme Court, which broke the ice four years ago with Bush v. Gore," the 5-4 ruling that ended the 36-day Florida recount, effectively giving Florida's Electoral College votes and the 2000 presidential race to George W. Bush.
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