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...McCain, who is counting on holding besieged Red states and taking one or two Blues to win, every electoral vote counts. Perhaps Montana's may prove decisive. As in many other places, the state is seeing a record number of early voters and absentee ballots. Meanwhile, the Obama campaign has recruited 300 volunteer lawyers in the state to be ready at polling places in case voters are challenged Election Day. The campaign has also set up a central call-in center in case someone needs to make a complaint or seek guidance. Polls open 8 a.m. Mountain Standard Time...
...current exit poll system uses a careful methodology that includes sampling voters during various periods of the day (certain demographic groups tend to vote at different times) and conducting telephone surveys of those who voted early or by absentee ballots. The pollsters for this year's election also say they are making an effort to ensure the organization's more than 1,000 surveyors are diverse - in previous elections, surveyors tended to be young, and presumably attracted younger participants (who are more likely to be Democratic). The questionnaires are filled out anonymously and deposited into boxes, which pollsters say helps...
...example of the chicanery, text messages were sent to students at Florida State University in Tallahassee saying, "Due to long lines today, all Obama voters are asked to vote on Wednesday," according to Heather Smith of the nonpartisan group Rock the Vote. Greenbaum echoed Smith's concern, saying such deception "has been a frequent refrain...
After the embarrassing irregularities of the 2000 vote - hanging chads, anyone? - Congress resolved to ensure that they wouldn't happen again and spent $2 billion on new-generation voting machines. (See pictures of voting machines...
Election Protection threatened to initiate lawsuits early Tuesday as the first reports of irregularities flowed into its office. But by nightfall, officials said they were more interested in working out voting kinks with local officials than in taking them to court. John McCain's campaign did file suit in Virginia, contending that the state's counties failed to send absentee ballots to military personnel early enough for them to vote on time...