61.   Only McMahon gathered enough signatures to legally be included on a primary ballot, Kelleher said.

62.   The Democratic primary ballot could be crowded.

63.   The McCain petitions for the GOP primary ballot have been challenged in New York by supporters of Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

64.   The Republican primary ballot in New York is constructed to give party leaders control over which national candidate gets the most support.

65.   The two other parties are hoping to disqualify enough signatures to knock Robinson off the Republican primary ballot in September.

66.   With polls showing McCain running ahead of Bush in New Hampshire, the battle over the New York primary ballot has become even more important.

67.   With polls showing McCain running ahead of Bush in New Hampshire, the battle over the New York primary ballot has taken on extra significance.

68.   The US presidential election process will begin Tuesday with the distribution of primary ballots in the isolated north-central state of North Dakota.

69.   Louisiana and Iowa have already held caucuses, but those differ from the primary ballot process by holding voter preference polls, a distinction the locals stress.

70.   Primary ballots between Balladur and Chirac held now would almost certainly favour the French premier.