Republican and Democratic lawyers converged on Ohio today for a potential new overtime presidential court fight, with the focus this time on tens of thousands of uncounted ballots cast by people who would otherwise have been turned away from the polls.

VOTERS grappled with partisan challenges to their registrations, broken equipment and other troubles yesterday as legions of lawyers, election-rights activists and computer scientists watched for signs of voter disenfranchisement.

US polling places experienced scattered problems today as legions of lawyers, election-rights activists and computer scientists watched for any trouble that could disenfranchise voters.