1.   All-Star voting ends Friday without a sniff of a Maverick near a starting spot.

2.   Early voting ends Friday.

3.   Fan voting ended yesterday.

4.   Fan voting ended last Tuesday.

5.   For the record, the voting ended Sunday.

6.   Seconds after the voting ended, Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin strode to the podium in what looked a little like a victory lap.

7.   The fan voting ended four days ago, but not all the votes have been counted.

8.   The voting may have ended, but the election goes on.

9.   But even after the voting had ended, his opposition rival claimed he would win.

10.   Even though its prospects for finding allies are bleak because of strong anti-Meciar sentiments, political jockeying and posturing began as soon as the voting ended.