11.   The Massachusetts Constitution requires a governor to be a resident of the state for each of the seven years preceding the election.

12.   Under the state constitution, a governor must be an inhabitant of Massachusetts for the seven years preceding the election.

13.   Violence routinely preceded elections.

14.   Only in the few days preceding the elections did the government take some positive measures to salvage the situation.

15.   Political violence and unrest that preceded the election has continued in Zimbabwe.

16.   A key hurdle is the Israeli troop pullout from Palestinian towns in the West Bank that is to precede Palestinian elections.

17.   A two-day cooling-down period will precede the election.

18.   Democrats suggested getting around this by requiring all groups to disclose contributors, but only for spending in the months preceding an election.

19.   In a cost-cutting measure preceding elections this year, Chiluba announced the first-class ban Wednesday and said that foreign trips by government officials will be curbed.

20.   Meanwhile, the head of the European Union observer mission expressed concern about reports of violence and intimidation preceding the election.