51.   Some readers no doubt will say that voters cast their ballots as a choice between candidates in a general election, not between parties.

52.   The effect is much more substantial than it might be in a primary, when voters cast their ballots in daylight hours, usually much closer to home.

53.   The latest opinion surveys show McCain leading Bush in the five-man New Hampshire contest, the first primary in which voters cast ballots at polling booths.

54.   The majority of voters in the country vote in primaries, similar to general elections, where voters cast ballots in the privacy of polling booths.

55.   The meeting Wednesday between the British and Sinn Fein took place while voters were casting ballots in local elections.

56.   The result is difficult to calculate because voters cast first and second preference ballots.

57.   The voters would then cast votes by speaking their choices aloud, or by pressing a hand-held button in response to a voice-prompt.

58.   They were apparently cast by voters trying to show their dissatisfaction with the political establishment.

59.   This fall, both Republicans and Democrats sought to make it easier for voters to cast absentee ballots by sending out applications.

60.   They underscore how close to the surface the issue of race is in a city where voters often cast ballots along racial lines.