11.   On Saturday, a citizen petition process will begin in Johnson and Wyandotte counties to place the one-eighth-cent sales tax on November ballots.

12.   Outside the courthouse, the campaigns continued to charge that their rivals had engaged in improprieties in the petition process.

13.   The rest have already been anointed by the party pros who still largely control the petition process by which candidates get on the ballot.

14.   The petition process recruited newcomers less beguiled by Perot and more focused on the future.

15.   Only McCain, among the other GOP presidential contenders, also attempted to qualify for the New York ballot through the petition process.

16.   McCain is the only other GOP presidential contender to attempt to qualify for the New York ballot through the petition process.