Can't install purchased app on another mac

Attempting to mgirate from Snow Leopard to Lion.  Need to install purchased applications from Mac App Store on the Lion partition.  Signed in using same apple id as what I purchased the app with.  According to the MAS help, you should be able to find the app in the store and click buy or free but the button shows "Installed".  Also shows "Installed" in the Purchases tab.  I can hide and unhide apps but can't redownload or reinstall an app I purchased. 
I thought I read somewhere to hold down options key when selecting Purchases tab and that would allow you to select install but that didn't work either.
Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Thank you for your input.
When I installed Lion, it required me to enter my apple id and password which then verifies I purchased lion and am authorized to install it.
As soon as Lion (10.7.2) is done installing, I see that the mac app store shows I have updates with red badge even though I haven't signed into the store.  It knows what apps I've previously installed and thinks those are installed in my clean fresh Lion installation.
There appears to be no way to redownload a purchased app that was previously installed.  I can't believe I'm the first person finding this problem?!?!
I opened a case with Apple, spoke with a technician and he tried to remove file from Library but that didn't help.  He had me create a test admin account and that had the problem too.
In MAS, I logged into a different apple id and it correctly showed no purchases but still showed updates available.  Also showed apps installed that are not.
Apple technician asked me to reinstall Lion.  I erased the partition and installed Lion again.  Exact same behavior.
This is a tough one...

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