1.   Brownback said the study would address not only ballot formats but also issues as broad as voting days and changes to the Electoral College system.

2.   Complaints resound about unreliable counts, obscure rules governing registration, ancient equipment at many polling places, long voter lines and confusing ballot formats.

3.   Daley insisted that most of the Buchanan votes were cast by people who meant to back Gore but were confused by the ballot format.

4.   Different people find different ballot formats appealing.

5.   On the back of the ballots, they asked respondents to write down whom they intended to vote for and to rate how confusing the ballot format was.

6.   Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, plans to hold hearings next year looking into ballot format and voting equipment.

7.   Williams told Morgan he had received an e-mail from someone in Palm Beach County who complained about the ballot format.

8.   It rejected a Democratic challenge to the ballot format used in Palm Beach County.