Rostislav Turovsky, a political science professor at Moscow State University, said in a phone interview, "elections are becoming fights between groups with big money".
Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.
As the pollster Mark Mellman summed the argument in an interview, "An election that's dominated by the tax issue is a bad election for Democrats everywhere, anywhere and always".
In an interview, the election supervisor for Lee County, Fla., which contains Fort Myers, defended the polling place signs, saying there was an official at each polling place to tell voters about affidavit ballots.
9) The exit pollsters' claim to fame was that, because they interview on election day and in person, they are more accurate.
In interviews on election day, even Democratic voters said they wanted the Obama administration to change direction.
In addition, the network has invited Vice President Al Gore and Gov. George W. Bush to appear on the "CBS Evening News" for one-on-one interviews on election eve.
Mrs. Addy was often interviewed on election days when she cast her vote for Mr. Thurmond, who is the nation's longest-serving senator.
The runoff on Friday was marred by physical threats against those who failed to vote for Mr. Mugabe, said human rights groups and Zimbabweans interviewed on election day.
But interviews with election officials and voters across the state suggest that some African-Americans like Ms. McCray -- it is unclear how many -- were turned away from the polls.
