] 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