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

2.   For years, Cook said, local voters never even bothered to fill the office.

3.   If voters bothered to focus on anything so irrelevant as achievements, then Giuliani should win by a landslide.

4.   The position on the ballot is important because some voters do not bother to look over the entire list of candidates and parties before making their choice.

5.   Typically, only the most committed voters bother with runoffs.

6.   Few voters bothered to close their ballots as they carried them into another room and place them in a wooden box.

7.   Few voters bothered to close their ballots as they carried them into another room and placed them in a wooden box.

8.   Few voters bothered to fold their ballots as they carried them into another room and placed them in a wooden box.

9.   Most voters did not bother to use a makeshift polling booth and simply cast their ballots.