1.   Naturally, we hope every citizen will vote, a simple obligation of democracy with results that profoundly affect our lives.

2.   Citizens will vote today for their new governor.

3.   After citizens voted in favor of a marijuana initiative in November, county, state and federal officials said voters were duped and vowed to ignore the law.

4.   But he predicted Foley would win, because he brings big benefits to the district and citizens will vote their own interests.

5.   In Des Plaines, Ill., where state law already prohibits casinos, the citizens voted to ban a riverboat anyway.

6.   In Missouri and Oregon, citizens will vote on proposed constitutional amendments making tax increases subject to approval by the voters.

7.   In Texas, a citizen may vote in either primary but cannot legally vote in both.

8.   The assumption was that most new citizens would vote Democratic.

9.   The citizens voted for a forceful mayor, but they did not give him a license to override the Board of Education entirely.

10.   The founders chose a representative democracy instead of an unwieldy pure democracy that required the citizens to vote on all laws and budgets.