1.   Ballot design is but one of several areas where the election reform law directs the department to come up with specific standards.

2.   Administration officials say the provision is simply an extension of asset forfeiture laws now directed at drug traffickers.

3.   But the law also directs the commission to encourage the deployment of new technologies.

4.   Generally, federal law directs judges to choose as lead counsel the lawyer representing the client with the biggest loss.

5.   The law directed the state Medico-Legal Board to look into the best way of implementing the new method of execution.

6.   The new law directs the FCC to form a federal-state joint board by next month to determine how to maintain universal service.

7.   The new election reform law directs the department to come up with statewide rules to determine exactly what constitutes a clear indication of voter intent when marking a ballot.

8.   The new law directed the agency to hammer out details of how to open up long-time monopoly local telephone markets and networks.

9.   The new law directs the commission to deregulate telephone markets.

10.   The states support these laws for fear that direct shipping will elude their taxes.