Florida begins casting votes in US poll
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All eyes were on Florida on Monday where residents were eligible to begin casting ballots under an early voting law passed in the wake of the 2000 election fiasco.
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Voting booths have opened across the United States, as tens of millions of Americans cast their ballots in a fiercely-contested presidential election.
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With polls showing nearly equal numbers of Florida voters for President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, the election's outcome may again hinge on a Florida recount. And the more that Floridians learn about how voting machines work, the more they question whether the 15 counties with paperless voting systems can accurately count and recount votes.
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Four years after a series of balloting problems in Florida sowed chaos and confusion in the US presidential race, foreign observers will on Wednesday begin a mission to oversee the elections in the United States.
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Florida voters on Tuesday backed George W. Bush in the U.S. presidential election, giving the Republican president the fiercely contested swing state in his contest with Democrat John Kerry, the ABC and CBS television networks projected.
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The four will cast their votes for one-time Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at a Statehouse ceremony at noon. The Electoral College convenes in each of the 50 states today to cast their electoral votes.
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Voter turnout is expected to be high in the US election, according to recent polls, and many Americans have already cast their ballots in record early voting.
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Florida voters cast  their ballots on Tuesday in a contest that could anoint a  front-runner among Republicans in the White House race and  spell trouble for onetime favorite former New York Mayor Rudy  Giuliani.
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Most Florida voters had no problem casting a ballot on Election Day and many say they are confident their vote was counted correctly, a poll shows.
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MIAMI, OCTOBER 18 : Early voting for next monthâs Presidential election got underway in Florida on Monday, with Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in the 2000 election
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WASHINGTON - Americans cast their ballots Tuesday in the first presidential election since the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with Republican incumbent President George W Bush and his Democratic challenger Sen.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 31  - The race for the White House was wide open late Saturday as it headed down to the wire with President George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry scrambling for decisive votes in Florida and the US Midwest.
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PALM BEACH, Fla. - Florida voters get to cast their ballots for president beginning Monday, and Democrat John Kerry planned to spend all day asking for their votes...
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Early voting for the U.S. presidential  election began in Florida on Monday as activists urged people  to opt for early ballots to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election  fiasco, but computer problems and long lines soon emerged.
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MIAMI -- Even though in some places the wait was as long as four hours, nearly 2 million Floridians have voted early, either by standing in long lines or by casting an absentee ballot -- more than twice the number of Floridians who voted in the 2000
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Democratic presidential contender John Kerry renewed hostilities with George W. Bush over Iraq as Florida and other key states started early voting for the November 2 election.
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Complaint sheets in hand, a voters' bill of rights in their kit, a small army of volunteers has descended on the battleground state of Florida to watch over Tuesday's voting and help avert a repeat of the 2000 election debacle.