51.  But days before the wedding, he turned up mysteriously outside a polling place on Election Day, in a state of delirium and wearing scruffy clothes.

52.  But no one in town can remember an occasion when the mayor and his sons assaulted the spouse of a candidate in the middle of a crowded polling place.

53.  But Russo said he had been told by the Hudson County superintendent of elections, Betty Outlaw, that anyone could enter a polling place and walk out.

54.  But they sure do know how to reach their polling places to perform their civic duty.

55.  But they say the problem can be overcome if voters deposit the receipts at the polling place before they leave.

56.  But visits by reporters to several polling places suggested, at a minimum, questions about how the polling in this small area was conducted.

57.  By this time, poll watchers, politicians and party activists were visiting polling places to stem the damage they felt was resulting from the ballot layout.

58.  Complaints resound about unreliable counts, obscure rules governing registration, ancient equipment at many polling places, long voter lines and confusing ballot formats.

59.  Compounding the problem, McCormack said, is a shortage of polling places.

60.  Consolidation of Republican primary polling places across South Carolina caused voter confusion and prompted McCain to demand an investigation.