11.   Divided lawmakers were allowed to vote according to conscience instead of following the party line.

12.   During open ballots, the chamber tends to vote according to party lines, which increases the likelihood that Chernomyrdin will be rejected.

13.   He said the party would vote according to the rulings of its Council of Torah Sages, headed by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of the party.

14.   He told followers to vote according to their consciences.

15.   However, when the ballot on the anti-euthanasia bill is held later in the year, individual legislators will be allowed to vote according to their consciences.

16.   However, individual legislators will be allowed by their parties to vote according to their consciences when the ballot on the anti-euthanasia bill is held later in the year.

17.   Iglesia Ni Cristo has only about two million adults but the denomination requires members to vote according to church instructions.

18.   Lawmakers were allowed to vote according to conscience instead of following the party line.

19.   Legislators were allowed to vote according to personal preference, not on party lines.

20.   Long also said the practice ensures fair representation because people have a tendency to vote according to race.