1.   As long as different counties use different voting methods, they expose themselves to litigation by voters concerned about equal protection rights.

2.   Before the Juvenile Court issued its order, the county used an in-house procedure for authorizing waivers for social workers, resulting in thousands of waivers being issued.

3.   A bill sailing through the Colorado Legislature would remove the prison population from the census numbers used by counties in their internal redistricting.

4.   But Florida counties using punchcard ballots recorded many more.

5.   Different counties used different recount methods to recapture some of those lost votes.

6.   Dowling said Friday that he would insist that all participating counties use compatible software so that computers across the state can communicate with one another.

7.   Government buildings in Concord and Martinez were on fire, said an associate, and the county could use his help salvaging records and assisting in a massive cleanup.

8.   How can individual counties use such different systems to decide a question of national importance?

9.   Industry representatives say the county should use laws on the books, not make new ones, to address any concerns.

10.   Jackson and Cass counties have used the occupancy method for several years.