Less than a week to go until America decides and my itinerary for election night is becoming clearer.

I'll be at a conference centre in central Washington, where George W. Bush will hold an election night event for around 4,000 invited guests (and a similar number of journalists, no doubt).

Once campaigning is over, Bush is expected to vote in Texas before heading back to Washington. He'll speak at the Washington rally when (or perhaps if) the result becomes clear.

It's going to be a late night.

In 2000, NBC was the first network to predict the result -- calling Florida for Al Gore at 1949EST. The other nets soon followed suit, only to retract the prediction some hours later.

With Bush and Kerry still running neck-and-neck, the chances of a re-run of the 2000 debacle are increasing.

At least a dozen law suits pertaining to election procedure have already been filed in battleground states, and thousands of lawyers are preparing to fan out across the country, ready to pounce at the first sign of trouble.

See you in court (again).