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NEW YORK -- Two weeks to go until Election Day and it seems every conceivable angle on the mid-term elections is being covered. From Mark Foley's e-mails to Nancy Pelosi's potential as House Speaker to where the Republicans are spending money to stop the congressional power loss predicted by everyone, it seems, but George W. Bush himself.
But as the vote looms closer each day, one issue seems to be getting short shrift, considering the potential impact: Voting irregularities, whether it's long lines at the polls, malfunctioning machines, registration disputes, or simply the unknown elements of the electronic voting systems that will be used more next month than ever before.
It's gotten so scary that some state and local officials are urging people to vote by absentee ballot, if possible.
"It hasn't been done enough to fully satisfy me," John Harris, political editor at The Washington Post, said about his paper, adding that more reporting will be done in the coming weeks.... (more)
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