1.   Election officials have rigged up speakers to provide voters with music.

2.   Election officials said the turnout of voters was low.

3.   Although early ballots leave close races in the air, elections officials endorse them because they get more people to vote.

4.   Although no Californian has ever done it, state election officials say Feinstein could run for vice president and Senate at the same time.

5.   An election official showed the ballots to the reviewers, allowing them to see the punches in the presidential column.

6.   Anan Abu Mezir, a Jerusalem election official, says Islamic militants have caused his team problems.

7.   An election official showed the front of every ballot to the reviewers, then turned the ballot over and displayed the back.

8.   And election officials in Mexico and Uganda are using it to prevent double voting.

9.   And here in Washington, state elections officials will gather next week to recommend changes in voting.

10.   And like the county election officials in Florida, Democratic leaders routinely leave urban blacks at the mercy of old, dysfunctional political machines.