A democracy with an extremely small 'd' Where in the world can you find a $6 billion election campaign that offers the voter little substantive difference between the major contestants? Yes, you've guessed it. We're talking about tomorrow's US presidential and congressional elections. The most expensive elections in American history -- thanks to president Obama's refusal to reform the laws on spending -- have actually made little impact. The gap between Obama and Mitt Romney has been narrowing, the more money and approaches to voters are thrown at the campaign. The parties are now so close so that there could be a tie in the electoral college. This would mean that the House of Representatives could chose the president while the Senate would chose the vice-president -- the first time since 1824. A number of  shocking attacks highlight the ultra-reactionary nature of the Romney camp. So much so that one US website warns that a Romney victory could "steer the US towards a capitalist dictatorship". In swing-state Florida, whose election system became notorious during the 2000 "hanging chad" scandal, would-be voters were turned away. The Democratic party filed a law-suit to stop polling stations being closed early as voters stood up to seven hours to cast their votes in Miami.  Other would-be voters were turned away. One campaign group, No More Stolen Elections, supported by well-known democracy campaigners like Naom Chomsky, Ben Manski, Daniel Ellsberg, Tom Hayden and Green Party presidential candidates, is calling for voter assemblies to be formed