EXCERPT:

Voting went smoothly across most of the country yesterday as local officials reported scattered cases of mechanical breakdowns and long waits at some polling places, but nothing approaching the massive problems in Florida that left the outcome of the 2000 presidential election hanging in the balance for more than a month.

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