1.   Voting began about two hours ago.

2.   Gingrich predicted many lawmakers would wait until the measure is actually on the floor Friday and voting has begun to make up their minds.

3.   In his final speech before voting began, Chavez sought to frame the choice facing Venezuelans in the starkest terms possible.

4.   The issue will be decided just before voting begins today.

5.   Voting began in early November and concluded Friday.

6.   When voting began, Democratic House members staged a brief walkout to protest the refusal of Republicans to allow a vote on censure as an alternative to impeachment.

7.   Opinion polls before voting began suggested that there was no clear frontrunner and that a coalition government would be the most likely eventual outcome.

8.   Bal Thackeray is campaigning for the parliamentary elections, and voting begins next Saturday.

9.   Despite a crackdown by the government, voting began Thursday in an unofficial presidential election organized by the opposition in defiance of President Alexander Lukashenko.

10.   Election officials were ordered to stand by in case voting begins again.