Nigeria's borders were sealed during voting hours, the most dramatic of many steps taken to prevent "magomago," or vote-rigging in Nigerian slang.

And Mrs. Byrne announced late today that she would continue her campaign right into the voting hours Tuesday.

"The final voting hours were very strange, with a sudden, steep rise in turnout", he said.

The borders will be closed during the voting hours, officials said, to prevent candidates from paying foreigners to vote illegally.

On Sept. 26, the election commission canceled a plan to reduce voting hours, a measure opposed by democracy advocates who said it would lower turnout.

From January 1992 to the voting hour on 3 November, however, health care was consistently the voters' second greatest concern.

Political gatherings are forbidden, while public gatherings of any sort are prohibited during voting hours, including religious liturgies and entertainment shows.

In this manner, we can insure multiple convenient polling sites, extended voting hours and the fewest possible trips to the polls every year.

The bill would require 39 states to change their voting hours.

"We don't have the jurisdiction to extend the voting hours."