11.   As in the last election, nearly every vote cast for Khatami is considered a vote of opposition against hard-line rule, his fellow reformists say.

12.   Each vote cast must, to the extent possible, be counted.

13.   Slumped in his seat at the Knesset head table, Netanyahu cast a vote for the elections bill moved by the opposition Labor Party.

14.   Her vote was the only vote cast in New Zealand with that endorsement.

15.   But Senate leader Dole, a two-time loser in previous presidential races, dismissed the results of the non-binding vote cast by Republican activists.