1.   He noted that Americans historically have been reluctant to vote for minority parties for fear of wasting their votes.

2.   It dawned on her that she had wasted her vote.

3.   Nonetheless, he said, he would vote for Dole because his wife told him not to waste his vote on Ross Perot.

4.   So Abur-Raheem, like Crenshaw, believes there is no reason to waste a vote.

5.   Third-party gubernatorial candidate B. Thomas Golisano asks New Yorkers not to waste their vote on either of the other guys.

6.   De la Rua had urged Argentines not to waste their votes.

7.   He was questioned about conservatives who find his fiery message appealing but worry about wasting their votes on a candidate with little chance of actually winning the nomination.

8.   Letterman asked whether voting for the Green Party would be wasting a vote.

9.   These are the people who would not want to waste their vote, because to do so would be tantamount to wasting their support.