] It is as if the presidential election of 2000 never ended ] here. ] ] ] Six days before Election Day, Florida is again struggling ] with questions about potential voting irregularities, ] from complaints about missing absentee ballots in Broward ] County and accusations of voter suppression in minority ] neighborhoods to concerns about new touch-screen voting ] machines. Floridians have been standing for as long as ] three hours to cast early votes in the presidential race, ] testimony to the unresolved passions of the election of ] 2000. Interest is so intense that analysts predict that a ] staggering 75 percent of Florida voters will cast ballots ] by the time polls close Tuesday evening. [ Sweet jesus, if there are widespread "irregularities" the state is gonna go up in flames... people are going to lose it. -k] Passion and Election Disputes On Rise in Florida as Vote Nears |