1.   And more than half of the states have passed laws that include fines or penalties in an effort to keep electors from switching their votes.

2.   A handful of senators were believed by their colleagues on both sides to be considering switching their votes.

3.   But analysts believed some would switch their votes if the public mood shifted.

4.   But no Democrats switched their votes in spite of the lobbying juggernaut that included an e-mail campaign by stadium supporters.

5.   But once its foes were almost at a majority, many Republicans switched their votes to opposition.

6.   But under pressure from the mayor, one member switched his vote the next day, and Domenech lost his majority.

7.   Cleland and other supporters of the measure said he had decided to switch his vote before the wounding of six students at a Conyers, Ga., high school.

8.   Clinton, in conversations with senators, hedged his requests that they switch their votes.

9.   Cleland said that, because of subtle revisions to the original Democratic amendment, he had almost firmly decided to switch his vote on Wednesday.

10.   DeMint, who had voted no, then switched his vote to yes.