31.   So what if the justices are internally divided on this election issue?

32.   Such polls, of course, have a way of changing when the public focuses on election issues in the fall.

33.   Tauscher, a freshman, is the only Bay Area member for whom the vote is expected to be an election issue.

34.   That comment points up how the minimum wage has become a highly charged election issue.

35.   The big election issue in Burgville was the meals tax.

36.   The failure of Congress to fix this corrupt system deserves to be a major election issue.

37.   The Dole campaign seized on the topic, but turning campaign finance into an election issue can be a double-edged sword.

38.   The Legislature must deal with other election issues concerning absentee ballots, enfranchisement of ex-felons, accurate voter rolls and civil rights abuses.

39.   The Netizen, a political Web site with ties to the HotWired Network and Wired magazine, on Monday began sponsoring a series of forums on election issues.

40.   The Republicans seemed content to forget further negotiations and make the budget their chief election issue in the fall.