1.   Barak was at a Labor convention securing slots for his allies on the party slate.

2.   But last week, to general surprise, Mubarak decreed that candidates will compete as individuals and not on a party slate.

3.   But when their withdrawal letters failed to reach Moscow before the official deadline, the entire party slate was struck from the ballot.

4.   Democratic leaders select who will run for Civil Court judgeships on the party slate, which is tantamount to election in the heavily Democratic borough.

5.   Presently, congressmen are elected on party slates that are selected nationally, a system widely criticized for denying remote jungle and Andean areas adequate representation.

6.   The candidates are not named on the ballot, but are on regional party slates.

7.   Thus, local politics provide a glimpse of potentially seismic shifts in Japanese life as the electorate increasingly can cast votes for candidates instead of entire party slates.

8.   Instead of one candidate, GRCs have teams of nominees representing a single party slate.

9.   Previously, the prime minister was elected on a party slate.

10.   The opposition Labor Party was to meet later Wednesday to decide how to rank its candidates for parliament on the party slate.