71.   Akayev has increasingly been stifling dissent, and several opposition leaders were barred from the presidential vote.

72.   Akayev, who is favored to win the vote, compared it to the Russian presidential vote that put Vladimir Putin in office.

73.   An Internet site that offered to sell presidential votes to the highest bidder has shut down under scrutiny from law enforcement and election officials.

74.   Amani Karume of the Chama cha Mapinduzi party, or CCM, won the presidential vote in Zanzibar, but the CUF did not recognize the victory.

75.   Any judge considering overturning part or all of a presidential vote in Florida would be in uncharted waters, said election lawyer Mark Braden.

76.   And the Gallup poll found that Gore and Bush supporters have very different views on how the recount of presidential votes should be handled.

77.   Aristide wins landslide presidential vote in December, with Raoul Cedras, then a colonel, in charge of election security.

78.   At issue is whether the tallies still coming in from Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties will be included in the final Florida presidential vote count.

79.   Bivins traveled to Florida to help oversee the presidential vote recount.

80.   But a strong showing by hard-liners in the Duma could aid reformers in the presidential vote by mobilizing moderate voters.