1.   Opposition parties called for a boycott of the referendum, and they said irregularities made the vote questionable.

2.   Socialists alleged that local party officials had been beaten or detained, and that procedural irregularities made it possible for the Democrats to manipulate the results of the vote.

3.   Such tiny irregularities might not make a difference when you pick up the dry cleaning.

4.   Socialists alleged that local party officials had been beaten or detained, and that procedural irregularities made it possible for the Democrats to manipulate election results.

5.   The Socialists alleged that local party officials had been beaten or detained, and that procedural irregularities made it possible for the Democrats to manipulate election results.

6.   They also charged that procedural irregularities made it possible for the governing Democrats to manipulate vote totals.