21.   Because of murky federal election laws and court rulings, legal experts say the congressional investigators face a difficult task.

22.   Before joining the Bush campaign, he worked as deputy counsel at the Republican National Committee, where he concentrated on federal and state election law and legislative redistricting.

23.   Before voting to dissolve the government on Monday, parliament also voted to overturn the direct elections law in a preliminary bill.

24.   Boehm said a second goal of the complaint is to prod the FEC into more aggressively enforcing election laws.

25.   Both Wyly and Bush denied there was any coordination between them, which would be illegal under federal election law.

26.   A new election law will require Connecticut politicians to provide a more comprehensive report on the source of their campaign funds.

27.   A Gramm aide said the Texas senator filed as a candidate Monday to avoid running afoul of federal election laws as he prepares for a full-fledged campaign.

28.   A new state election law has the opposition virtually discounting the possibility of ballot-stuffing, repeat voting and other once standard practices at the polls.

29.   A spokesman for the New York state Board of Elections, Lee Daghlian, said election law did not strictly define residency.

30.   A variety of Republican resources will be standing by to offer help carefully designed to stop short of violating the election laws.