US braced for more polling day mayhem

THE US is braced for more polling day mayhem this week as technical glitches threaten to turn the crucial mid-term vote into a repeat of the 2000 presidential election fiasco.

Experts fear untested electronic ballot equipment in many states where rival candidates are neck-and-neck may not be equipped to deal with the influx of voters tomorrow.

Dead senators still on ballot papers; allegations of forged postal vote applications, and hundreds of lawyers in key states poised to launch legal challenges for disputed results, have all exasperated the problem facing election organisers.