As election nears, both parties get their lawyers ready

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A team of lawyers for the Democratic Party has been arguing with postal officials in Columbus, Ohio, trying to persuade them to process thousands of absentee ballots that have arrived with insufficient postage.

In Pennsylvania, the Republican Party has opened a “recount account” and set aside $500,000 to pay lawyers who will answer telephones on Election Day and monitor polls to see whether officials demand proper voters’ identification. In Maryland, lawyers representing candidates for senator and governor from both parties met recently and swapped cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses to smooth out the logistics of potential litigation.

Several days from what Republican and Democratic campaign strategists expect to be a close election, the legal machinery of a messy fight is shifting into high gear.

Democrats say they are most concerned that voters will be prevented from voting by long lines or poll workers’ demanding unnecessary forms of identification.

Republicans say they are guarding against ineligible people trying to vote.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/04/us/polit...z7fC6PPhVxQbz/A

[almaty 19]

yeap...that be America these days

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

how much these lawyers get paid?

Daniel

:energetic:

[Carol&Marc 0]

I just heard Rom Emanual come on and blame the repubs for cheating, notice how the dems come out and say this as the polls start to tighten. Their setting it up for the big WHINE! if they lose.