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Election Day is becoming election month.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The president and Mitt Romney are besieged with advice about how to score points with voters in three debates starting day after tomorrow.

But with almost half the electorate, it may be getting too late. Early voting is already underway in states that could decide the outcome before election day.

Meantime, Florida's Republican Party has complained about voter fraud by a company it hired to increase registration.

We'll hear about new forces and how they're shaping national campaigns.

On reporters' notebook later on, it's opening day again for the U.S. Supreme Court. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Early voting, especially in swing states, has changed the dynamics of the presidential campaigns.

Will the race effectively be over before Election Day? And has voter ID boomeranged against the Republicans?

They're complaining of voter fraud by a firm they hired to increase registration. We'll talk about all that.

On reporter's notebook, the U.S. Supreme Court opened

another session today, and its decisions could be just as controversial as last years were.

First, this news update. The Taliban is claiming credit for another suicide bombing that killed

foreign troops, Afghan soldiers, and civilians today. On Saturday, a clash between Afghan and

NATO soldiers produced the

2000th American military casualty in this country's longest war. Rod Nordland is in Kabul

for the New York Times. Rod, thank you very much for being with us. Tell us, if you

will, about today's attack.

Well, it's one of these, it's just kind of depressingly similar, really.

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