1. Define the following words as used in the article:
swing state
litigate

2. a) How many lawyers will be monitoring the elections this year?
b) How is this year different from 2004?

3. Though the agency has no legal authority over elections, why is the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division sending monitors into 23 states?

4. How is the predicted high voter turnout and vote-by-mail ballots expected to complicate this year's election?

5. What illegal activity is each party (Democratic and Republican) accusing the other of doing? (Use your own words.)

6. What complaint was made against 300 college students in Virginia?