Max: Will MO Be The New FL?

Campaign Attention Lavished on Presidential Bellwether of Mo. | Online NewsHour: Presidential, Senate and Gubernatorial Election Coverage: Vote 2008 | October 30, 2008 5:24 PM | PBS

...a big turnout could also lead to big problems for Missouri’s voters and vote-counters next week. Electionline.org, a nonpartisan research foundation, put the Show-Me State on a list of about 12 states to watch for widespread voting trouble.

“Like the other states, Missouri has several possibly troublesome factors, including new voter identification laws, a heated race for a statewide office, a ballot packed with candidates and initiatives, and a highly charged, partisan atmosphere. Missouri has the added complication of being a swing state in the presidential race, with the candidates virtually tied,” the Boston Globe reported. “Those factors, coupled with an unprecedented number of new voters and an expected record turnout, has led some political analysts to predict that Missouri could be at the center of ‘a perfect storm’ that could throw the 2008 presidential election into disarray.”