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WASHINGTON: Voting opened with a few hiccups in an online Democratic presidential ``primary'' held by MoveOn.org, a 1.4 million-member advocacy group that is considering endorsing a candidate in 2004. Voters in the virtual primary reported delays in getting ballots on Tuesday and were unable to get on the site for 45 minutes during morning crunch time. Organisers said voting was heavy, but the problems had been ironed out and everyone would get ballots. ``There were lines at the polls for about 45 minutes,'' said Zack Exley, organising director of MoveOn, a liberal group formed in 1998 to oppose the impeachment of the Democratic President, Bill Clinton. The cyberspace primary comes more than six months before the real thing begins in Iowa and New Hampshire, but the candidates are watching the results with anticipation. The former Vermont Governor, Howard Dean, who has built a grass-roots support network and strong Internet operation, is considered the likely leader. — Reuters

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