On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Tim May wrote:
A judge in St. Louis has ordered the polls kept open later, until 10 pm local time. The effect will be to let more inner city, Democrat-leaning voters vote.
A similar measure was turned down in another state (Kansas?).
Kansas City, Missouri, actually (IIRC, natch). The whole point, really, isn't so much about the Presidential race as it is to try to elect the dead guy to Congress. I can only wonder at the logic of this whole charade -- yeah, the lines were a little long (I'm in a St. Louis 'burb, and I voted at 8 a.m.), but that's pretty much par for the course. (The ridiculous can o' worms that one opens up, if it turns out the late Mel Carnahan wins his election, is one that I'd rather not deal with at one in the morning. :) ...dave