1.   But state election officials remained opposed to any hint of national standards that they fear would strip them of their power to oversee polling precincts.

2.   The move will be costly, but will ensure that polling precincts are open everwhere.

3.   Throughout the country, Brazilians reported to elementary schools, government bank branches and post offices, which for the day were converted into polling precincts.

4.   When he received notice that his polling precinct had changed, he assumed he had been cleared.

5.   Baroro was forcibly taken from a polling precinct by supporters of a rival candidate, said regional election director Virgilio Garcellano.

6.   In Naga, in central Cebu province, a man was shot and killed, allegedly by police, for disturbing a polling precinct.

7.   Mr Justice Woo revealed illiterate voters could seek help from the responsible returning or deputy officers at the polling precincts.

8.   Unidentified gunmen fired rifle grenades at a polling precinct minutes before the delayed national and local elections were to close, wounding six people, election officials said Tuesday.

9.   Voters were surveyed as they left the polling precincts by Voter News Service, a consortium of The Associated Press and television networks.