Washington -- Two prominent former U.S. senators who support John McCain warned this morning of "a potential nightmare" on Election Day and afterward if measures aren't taken to monitor precincts in battleground states including Ohio.
John Danforth, a former senator from Missouri and a former United Nations ambassador, said he is deeply concerned "that this election night and the days that follow will be a rerun of 2000, and even worse than 2000."
It could be worse than the hanging chad controversy and recounts in Florida, and lead to political accusations and court fights that could delay the country from knowing the election's true outcome.
"We believe that this is a potential nightmare," Danforth said this morning at a news conference at the National Press Club. He and Warren Rudman, a former senator from New Hampshire, chair McCain's "Honest and Open Elections Committee."
Rudman described the committee as mostly lawyers who have a lot of experience with elections. The committee proposed that Barack Obama's campaign as well as McCain's identify potentially troublesome precincts in battleground states. Then the campaigns could task volunteers to monitor voting in those precincts.
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