1.   Aliev easily won re-election in October, though the ballot was boycotted by the opposition and called undemocratic by foreign observers.

2.   Anti-independence activists have threatened to boycott the ballot.

3.   Analysts predict many Megawati supporters and other disenchanted voters will boycott the ballot despite stern warnings from Suharto.

4.   Because she has been unable to run despite her wide popularity, some commentators had predicted she would call on her supporters to boycott the ballot in protest.

5.   Bosnian Serbs, who withdraw a threaty to boycott the ballot, control the other half of the country.

6.   Buha said the SDS will boycott the ballot.

7.   It took hours of negotiations and intense international pressure to make Croat nationalists withdraw their threat to boycott the ballot.

8.   It took hours of negotiations and intense international pressure to make Croat nationalists withdraw their threat to boycott the ballot nationwide.

9.   Last month, three major opposition parties accused the National Electoral Commission of grossly inflating voter lists and threatened to boycott the ballot.

10.   Martin has denied accusations of bias after some anti-independence leaders warned they might boycott the ballot.