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The push to reform the way the nation runs elections, the hottest issue in politics a scant three months ago, has stalled on Capitol Hill.

States waiting for money to buy new voting equipment are likely to wait a year or more for help, if they get it at all. And deeper problems with the training of poll workers and the procedures followed by election officials appear lost in a thicket of partisan mistrust.

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