21.   He has proposed to delay the elections until April.

22.   He did not have to call an election until next year, but he sought clear public backing of his own.

23.   Inkatha boycotted the elections until the final week, and then won a majority in KwaZulu-Natal.

24.   Inkatha used the same tactic last year, when Buthelezi threatened to boycott the April election until a week before it took place.

25.   Izetbegovic opposes holding the elections until conditions for free and fair voting improve.

26.   Kwasniewski has even warned he could veto the government proposal to postpone local elections until the fall, which is a part of the reform plan.

27.   Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai of Thailand has indicated that he will not call new elections until next year.

28.   Some opposition politicians call it a maneuver by the government to postpone elections until next year.

29.   That will take a year or two, and the party wants to avoid another election until then.

30.   The new regime had asked delegates at a national convention last week to postpone elections until peace talks were held with the Revolutionary United Front.