21.   Ncube said his party has already started planning for the presidential ballot.

22.   Nine candidates are on the presidential ballot, although attention has focused on three major-party standard-bearers.

23.   Others speculated that Clinton did not want to give such an appealing consumer issue to Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who was on the presidential ballot in California.

24.   Republicans, whose demonstrations helped stop a presidential ballot recount in Miami-Dade County two weeks ago, have not announced plans to counter the Democratic ribbon campaign.

25.   Russian soldiers in Chechnya and other remote regions began casting their presidential ballots on Friday.

26.   Reporters got to find out for themselves Tuesday why Palm Beach County canvassing board members wore those tortured expressions during the presidential ballot recount.

27.   Some polling places did not receive enough presidential ballots for all of their registered voters.

28.   The Broward County canvassing board voted Tuesday to reconsider its decision against a complete, manual recount of its presidential ballots.

29.   The confusing presidential ballot that led some Democratic voters to choose Pat Buchanan instead of Al Gore was blamed for these and other problems.

30.   The party hopes its nominee will get a boost from the presence of favorite son Bill Clinton on the presidential ballot.