1.   The polls will close in an hour.

2.   Hours after the polls closed the former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, accused the interim government of having stolen the elections by widespread vote-rigging.

3.   And at one location, lights turned off and gates to the compound automatically shut before the polls had officially closed.

4.   And it urged news organizations to halt the practice of projecting election results until the polls close in every state except Hawaii and Alaska.

5.   As the polls closed Tuesday night, Bush jumped out to an early lead.

6.   As the evening wore on and polls closed in the East, Gore switched his focus to the Midwest, calling radio shows in Missouri and Wisconsin.

7.   Both leading parties and candidates claimed victory soon after polls closed.

8.   After the polls closed, Simon told reporters that his rise in support was spurred by his own issue positions.

9.   After the polls close, all of the proxy cards will be handed over to IVS Associates, the independent election services company based in Delaware.

10.   After the polls closed, the closeness of the early results emphasized how out of sorts TV was.