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Wed 11 Nov 2008McCain campaign alleges voter intimidation
The McCain campaign has claimed tonight that voters have been intimidated at polling stations in several key battleground states, and launched a court battle in New Hampshire to overturn a decision that has kept their election monitors out of stations there, writes Mark Hennessyin Phoenix, Arizona.
Major US television networks have reported major voting difficulties in many states in today's presidential elections, though local news organisations in the states concerned have offered a more optimistic picture claiming that problems have occurred, but that they are few in number.
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