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The American Civil Liberties Union has sued the state for sticking with the same elderly technology that bewildered many Americans during the 2000 presidential election. The trial, set to begin Monday, is the first in the nation, voting experts say.

The ACLU wants all punch-card ballots in the state removed before November, saying the system causes errors that lead to undercounting of minority group votes. But even a victory would be unlikely to bring change before this year's presidential election because there would be too little time to make a conversion.

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Oxygen Levels In Bay Disputed - Research Contradicts Program's Estimate: Research that is soon to be published shows no significant improvement in the volume of oxygen-depleted water in the Chesapeake Bay since the inception of the bay's cleanup in the mid-1980s, a finding that runs contrary to reports from the government agency leading the estuary's restoration.

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