Tied Presidential Election Could Be Mother of All Messes
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A freak tie result in the  presidential election could mean the House of Representatives  would choose the next president, a scenario that would favor  Republican incumbent George W. Bush.
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One of the longest and most vicious presidential campaigns in the annals of the republic finally lurches to a close Tuesday as Americans head to the polls, perhaps in record numbers, to choose the next leader of a deeply divided country.
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The midwestern state of Ohio plunged the US presidential election into chaos, as polling returns suggested a mathematical quagmire that could hold the key to the White House.
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BOSTON - Tens of millions of people will cast their votes Nov. 2 in one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in recent U.S. history. But voters across the U.S. will encounter different voting technologies and procedures, with many counties nationwide clinging to punchcard, lever machine and even paper ballots, and the transition to electronic voting moving slowly in many states.
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WASHINGTON - Not in a generation has a presidential election been so close for so long. Now, as President Bush seems to be pulling a bit ahead of Sen. John Kerry, every step, and misstep, could affect their frantic race to the finish.
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A look at problems at the polls in recent elections.
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First presidential election was thrown into chaos after 15 candidates opposing complaining of fraud and improper procedures.
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Call it the law of unintended consequences. A new national backup system meant to ensure that millions of eligible voters are not mistakenly turned away from the polls this year, as happened in 2000, could wind up causing Election Day problems as infamous as Florida's hanging chads.
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A compressed, chaotic and changeable election calendar is forcing campaign managers in the frenetic 2008 White House chase to tear up decades of battle-tested political war plans.
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While most experts appear to agree that electronic voting has real problems, few argue that they could completely undermine the November election.
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The presidential election is predicted to be the tightest race in the countryâs history.
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A record low primary turnout and voter disgust for politics could spell trouble for Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate.
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The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor's race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida's pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal.
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What if nobody really controls Congress after the Nov. 7 election? It could happen. Look at anybodyÃ¢ÂÂs math on possible outcomes for the congressional campaigns, and you can see a real chance that either party winds up with such a thin margin of victory that nothing significant gets done for the remainder of President BushÃ¢ÂÂs second and last term in office.
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A PERSON could go mad trying to follow US election polling. One day George W.Bush is slumping, the next he&#39;s up. One day John Kerry has momentum, the next he&#39;s dead meat.
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Long lines, a shortage of poll workers and unprecedented numbers of mail-in ballots could delay vote counts in the biggest-ever Super Tuesday in American politics Â a day in which nearly half the nation will cast ballots.
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The 21 primaries and caucuses on February 5 are supposed to bring some clarity and order to the chaotic Republican race, but they could have the opposite effect