1.  Anderson, who is supporting Nader, the Green Party nominee, is president of the Center for Voting and Democracy, a nonpartisan group that studies electoral systems.

2.  As the leader of a fiercely nonpartisan group, Kolb says the organization does not reflect his biases.

3.  A nonpartisan group of opposition legislators in the Upper House has submitted its own legislation to address the change.

4.  A nonpartisan group that does not get involved in other municipal races, the Italian Civic Association has long dominated school board elections here.

5.  But a nonpartisan group that analyzes state budgets discouraged that plan.

6.  Castro chairs the New America Alliance, a nonpartisan group working to increase Latino political clout.

7.  Enthusiastic backers include Common Cause, Public Citizen and a few dozen other nonpartisan lobbying groups.

8.  Even some Republicans in the nonpartisan group voted to support Gore over Republican nominee George W. Bush.

9.  Ellen Miller, director of Public Campaign, a nonpartisan group advocating public financing of campaigns, was pessimistic about the chances for reform.

10.  He is now director of income security for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan group in Washington that lobbies for low-income families.