Parties recruit armies of lawyers amid fears of fraud

Rivals dig in for legal war over US poll
Parties recruit armies of lawyers amid fears of fraud
Julian Borger in Washington
Saturday October 9, 2004
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1323454,00.html
The Republican and Democratic parties are massing armies of lawyers to fight for every vote in case next month's US election becomes a repeat of the 2000 debacle in Florida.

The court cases have already started more than three weeks before polling day. The Democrats have taken Florida's Republican secretary of state, Glenda Hood, to court twice this week, accusing her of putting up obstacles to first-time voters....