11.   A spokesman for the election commission in Washington said the agency was reviewing the complaint.

12.   A spokeswoman for the election commission declined to comment on the matter.

13.   But among those who have filed with the election commission, Raymond Kenneth Petry, an independent from Honolulu, chose a different path to power.

14.   But after the election commission announced figures for the turnout, there seemed little doubt that his conditions would be met.

15.   But even if a particular practice turned out to be illegal, the Presidential race would be long over by the time the election commission caught up with it.

16.   But he added that this dispute had also added momentum to potentially restructuring the election commission.

17.   But the election commission ruled that recent Supreme Court rulings obliged it to make an exemption for an organization whose main purpose was not campaign-related activity.

18.   But the parties and PACs are required to report donations and expenditures to the election commission.

19.   Debate organizers and officials at the election commission declined to comment on the legal challenge.

20.   Dow said he would raise that issue and others if the election commission considered again whether his group should be deemed a political committee.