61.   A proposal to bar Presbyterian clergy from officiating at commitment ceremonies for gay couples was defeated in a vote tally released Wednesday.

62.   Although official vote tallies are not expected until later in the week, precinct workers reported light turnout.

63.   APTV did not provide a vote tally, but there are rarely dissenting votes on such motions.

64.   But officials say final results and a vote tally will be available only later this month.

65.   But the ruling by Judge Richard Roberts carried little weight because it came a day after the Senate approved a new D.C. budget allowing the vote tally.

66.   But Yeltsin has the edge once the vote tallies reach the regional election commissions, which are headed by his appointees, and the Central Election Commission in Moscow.

67.   Charges of fraud and manipulation have delayed many provincial vote tallies.

68.   Elections officials said Wednesday that final results would only be released in the second half of February, after all the vote tallies have been rechecked and complaints investigated.

69.   Gbagbo said Wednesday he would finish the count, and electoral officials subsequently appeared on state television to announce local district vote tallies.

70.   In provincial elections, two children of late strongman Ferdinand Marcos held commanding leads early in the vote tally.