1.   But the only real problem was controlling the crowds of voters pressing forward to cast their ballots.

2.   He praised the smooth running of the election, and denied reports that people had been forced to cast their ballots.

3.   In Gampola, a United National Party candidate said that when he went to vote, some one had already cast his ballot.

4.   Just four Republicans cast ballots for some one other than Gingrich, six short of the number needed to block his selection.

5.   Less than half of the voting-age population cast a ballot in November.

6.   Less than half the potential voters bothered to cast their ballot.

7.   Machines can sometimes misread or fail to detect the way ballots are cast.

8.   Not until all the ballots have been cast can they be counted.

9.   Some middle-class voters have supported the Labour Party and about one-third of working-class voters have traditionally cast their ballots for Conservative candidates.