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ByStevePeoples and Jill Colvin The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. Bat- tered by sordid new accu- sations of sexual misbehav- ior, Donald Trump fought back in ever-more-remark- able fashion Friday, acting out one woman's allega- tion onstage and suggest- ing another was not attrac- tive enough to merit his at- tention. He defiantly denied a week's worth of accusa- tions that have all but con- sumed his presidential bid just over three weeks before the election. "She would not be my first choice, that I can tell you," Trump said of one woman in a rambling at- tack on his female accusers as he campaigned in battle- ground North Carolina. The New York business- man said his staff wanted him to avoid the topic alto- gether but that he couldn't resist defending himself. He blamed the growing story on his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton and an in- ternational media conspir- acy, describing his female accusers as "sick" people seeking fame or money. "The only thing I can say is hopefully, hopefully, our patriotic movement will overcome this terrible de- ception," he declared. Trump assailed The New York Times in particular, noting its connection to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who is a major share- holder in the media com- pany. Spokesman Arturo Elias Ayub later said Slim doesn't know Trump at all "and is not the least bit interested in his personal life." Meanwhile, Trump's run- ning mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, promised the campaign would soon re- lease evidence against the women that would show Trump's innocence. "It's coming in, frankly, probably in a matter of hours," Pence said Friday morning on NBC's "Today" Show." He added, "It's as- tonishing to see the enor- mous coverage of these, of these really unfounded al- legations, unestablished al- legations, compared to an avalanche of emails com- ing out of Hillary Clinton's years as secretary of state." Indeed, Friday marked another day on which WikiLeaks released thou- sands of emails stolen from Clinton campaign chair- man John Podesta's per- sonal account. The Clin- ton campaign, citing infor- mation it says is from the FBI, says the hacks are be- ing investigated as part of a broader attack on Dem- ocratic Party leaders that may involve Russia. Explosive claims of sex- ual impropriety have al- most completely overshad- owed the extraordinary attempt by a third party, whoever it may be, to influ- ence the U.S. election at a critical moment. Polls suggest Trump has fallen further behind Clinton nationally and in most battleground states. Early in-person voting is underway in 20 states, in- cluding Ohio, where Presi- dent Barack Obama railed against Trump a day after first lady Michelle Obama declared in a passionate speech, "Enough is enough." The Obamas both seized on Trump's words, cap- tured in a video released last week, bragging about kissing and groping women without their permission. The 70-year-old billionaire has apologized, but also re- peatedly dismissed his com- ments as "locker room talk." "You don't have to be a husband or a father to know that that kind of language, those kinds of thoughts, those kinds of actions are unacceptable. They're not right. You just have to be a decent human being," Pres- ident Obama charged in Co- lumbus, Ohio. Two more women, mean- while, come forward Friday with allegations against Trump. A former contestant from NBC's "The Apprentice," said Friday that the former reality television star be- came sexually aggressive at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2007. Summer Zervos, ap- pearing at a Friday news conference with attorney Gloria Allred, said Trump kissed her open-mouthed and touched her breasts in a private room. And in a story published online Friday, Kristin An- derson told The Washing- ton Post that she was sit- ting on a couch with friends at a New York nightclub in the early 1990s when a hand reached up her skirt and touched her through her underwear. Anderson, then in her early 20s, said she pushed the hand away, turned around and recognized Trump as the man who had groped her. Trump mocked Ander- son's claim onstage as he campaigned in North Car- olina, pausing to reach out his hand to touch an imag- inary woman as his accuser described. "I just heard this one. It's like, it's like unbe- lievable," he said. PRESIDENTIAL RACE New allegations of misconduct rock Trump campaign RINGOH.W.CHIU—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Attorney Gloria Allred, le , comforts Summer Zervos during a news conference in Los Angeles on Friday. Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice" says Donald Trump made unwanted sexual contact with her at a hotel in 2007. By Christina A. Cassidy The Associated Press ATLANTA New ID require- ments. Unfamiliar or dis- tant polling places. Names missing from the voter rolls. Those are just some of the challenges that could disrupt voting across the country through Election Day. While most elections have their share of glitches, experts worry conditions are ripe this year for trou- ble at the nation's polling places. This is the first presiden- tial election year without a key enforcement provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, and 14 states have en- acted new registration or voting restrictions. Adding to the uncertainty is a call by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for supporters to monitor the polls for voter fraud and concerns by the fed- eral government that hack- ers could try to disrupt the voting process. All this has civil rights advocates on guard. "There is going to be a lot going on in this election that we are going to have to watch out for," said Penda Hair, a civil rights lawyer who represented the North Carolina NAACP in its bid to overturn that state's voter ID law. With no national stan- dards for voting, rules vary widely across states and even counties. Voting experts and civil rights groups are encour- aging voters to do their re- search before heading to the polls. That includes checking to ensure they are registered and finding their voting location, as well as understanding their rights if they face any problems. "People should not leave without casting a ballot," said Wendy Weiser, head of the democracy program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU's School of Law. "If you are an eligible voter, you should be able to have your vote counted no matter what anyone is say- ing." Adding to the poten- tial for confusion are new voter ID laws in nine states as well as reduced hours for early voting and changes to polling locations in some states. In North Carolina, at least two counties no longer offer Sunday voting. Debo- rah Dicks Maxwell, 60, said she is worried that — along with early voting hours largely limited to between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. — will make it harder for people to cast ballots in her home county of New Hanover. She said Sunday voting was popular during North Carolina's pri- mary in March. "With the short hours we have and the high turnout that generally occurs in a presidential election year, someone is going to be in line," said Dicks Maxwell, president of the New Ha- nover County branch of the NAACP. "Why penal- ize the citizens when you could have extended the hours and made it easier for them?" State officials have said the county didn't offer Sunday voting in 2012 and that the current plan repre- sents an increase in evening hours available during early voting. Long lines led to frus- tration during Arizona's March primary, when some voters in the Phoenix area waited hours to cast bal- lots after county election officials opened 60 polling stations — fewer than half what is typical. Melissa Dunmore, a 26-year-old social worker from Phoenix, still doesn't know if her primary ballot was counted. She waited an hour to vote, only to be told she wasn't registered despite checking her sta- tus before heading to her polling place. She said she won't be deterred and plans to vote early this time. "If we stop voting every time it was hard or it was denied, women wouldn't have the right to vote, black people wouldn't have the right to vote," Dunmore said. 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