1.   The best-film voting went to three ballots and no big studio film was a serious contender.

2.   But the voting went relatively smoothly.

3.   How did the voting go on each?

4.   Like a lopsided baseball game that must still be played to the ninth inning, the voting must go on, even if no one is watching.

5.   Nor was there any way of determining how the voting went.

6.   Prior to the vote, Walker was optimistic that he could win, especially if the voting went to a second ballot.

7.   The majority of the group said last week that the voting should go forward.

8.   Elsewhere, the monitors said, the voting went smoothly and no major violations were reported by midday.

9.   Except for some scattered incidents of violence the voting has gone well, the commission said in a press statement Thursday.