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If this recommendation is accepted then a repeat of the unfortunate statements that came out of the 2004 internal elections, which brought the party into even higher levels of disrepute would be avoided.

I have hope in the community and their understanding of what the elections are really about - the student body.

I have been seeing elections since pre-independence days in 1946, but I never saw election being conducted in five phases in the state. I don't understand why the EC has taken this decision.

I don't know why are we having elections in five phases. Maybe because workers and officers of the State have helped us in implementing our policies.

I don't know Senator Kerry's plan for victory,

I am expecting more to be happening here. In the elections, employment of people and development are going to be the main issues.

I am considering running in the April parliamentary elections,

I am convinced that the electoral process is irreversible and that there will be elections before June 30, 2006.

I believe they do not care what Americans think and they do not accept the legitimacy of our elections and have now, for the fourth time in the fourth state, attempted to do what they can to remove democracy from America.

I believe they are going to finish this, ... We are confident that they will complete this process and continue on the path toward elections for a permanent government at the end of the year.

I believe, with the addition of those additional Iraqi forces, with the gelling of the Iraqi chain of command, with good leadership by Prime Minister Allawi and his ministers, that the elections will be able to be held,

I appeal to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to participate actively and in large numbers in the elections and thereby demolish the motivated propaganda being conducted from across the border,

But we do not see much headway in this regard before general elections are held next year. We will raise the six-day work issue again.

Bush's compassionate conservatism has morphed into big government conservatism, and that isn't what the base is looking for. The White House and the congressional leadership have got to reinvigorate the Republican base. In off-year elections ... if your base isn't energized, particularly in a relatively evenly divided electorate, you've got more problems than you think you have.

Based on the national elections that took place in January, we anticipate that insurgents will attempt to intimidate voters and deprive them of the opportunity to vote,

Based on the assessment of Germany and European Union observers, elections in the autonomous Palestinian areas were basically held in a free and fair manner.

I love coming to Tories' seats and roughing them up... that is what elections are about.

Given the fact there are multiple individuals vying for a spot on the ballot as an independent, verifying every signature is the surest way to protect the integrity of our elections and confirm the validity of a candidate's name on the ballot.

Free elections will be conducted when there is a cessation of the violence.

From a technical point of view these elections are as sound as they can be under the circumstance.

From the point of view of the people in the streets, they are going ahead with their protests whether we contest the elections or not. So it's between him and the people on the streets.

give voters confidence and faith in the elections process.

If it is materially and technically impossible, as is the case today, to hold these elections on January 8th, do you think we should go ahead and organize a farce?

If we run in the coming elections under the current leadership, we will be dealt a hard blow, beyond any doubt. We will lose between five to 10 seats and this may be optimistic,

If the transfer of power were to be made to an expanded Governing Council, which would be more representative than it is at present, provided that elections would be held, in that case ... that's a possibility,

If that experiment succeeds, then the other parts of the Muslim Brotherhood will be clamoring for elections themselves and feel emboldened to achieve power and leadership through the ballot box.

If the elections had taken place in a good way, like the first stage, 35 of those would have won.

If the elections can take place in Jerusalem, they will go ahead on January 25. If they cannot, then the elections will not take place. Without Jerusalem there will be no election anywhere.

If the deal gets done by (Tuesday), the printer still has the ability to deliver the ballots to voters by mid-May.

If the application of this equipment yields positive results, the extensive use of such devices during federal elections could be considered.

He won't break the stranglehold the special interests have on our elections and the lobbyists have on our government. But I will.

He has never failed to win a primary election without 75 or 80 percent of the vote.

He has allowed his opponents to fill the vacuum, and now he's fighting back and articulating his philosophy in the broader war on terrorism. Perhaps it's because the 2006 elections are coming up, but he's clearly decided to do things differently and change the debate.

There is a great deal of evidence that these elections were not carried out in a free and fair manner.

There is a frustration about how all the Green voices at the general election can be reflected at Westminster, and we will be talking a lot at the conference about invigorating democracy,

There is no alternative for the government than to postpone the so-called elections. We will not rest until the government stops election plans, and the king return the powers he took back to the people.

There is no elections scheduled in the country soon and the opposition is weak, so the president may easily initiate some liberal steps and reforms.

There is going to have to be another leader in place when the next election comes and you would have to put your money on Gordon,

We're opening the second site because we found, when we talked to citizens in the last election, (the new location) was very convenient for people on (the south) side of Greenville. It keeps them from having to go all the way across the city across to the other side of the river to the elections annex.

What is clear is that the allies are deeply concerned with the conduct of the elections and are looking carefully at the relationship with Belarus.

We take absolutely nothing for granted. Strange things happen in Olympic elections and anything could happen this time too.

What we have done today is to set down the most concrete benchmarks by which the conditions in which the elections in Zimbabwe are able to take place, with an overriding imperative -- even at this late stage -- of trying to secure as free and fair elections as is possible.

Here it comes, in time for the elections, the voting statement of the Milan prosecutors' office.

Here, in our territory, the elections will not take place on October 30.

HAVA contains important reforms designed to ensure that elections for federal office will both allow access to all voters and ensure the integrity of the process.

Going forward, quarterly results and assembly elections will dictate the direction.

He (Sharon) also insisted that we must go to early elections as early as possible.

He should either be running for office or be an impartial elections officer and not try to fool the voters that he can be both.

His numbers have dropped and he is probably not the best messenger to independents and swing voters, but in terms of managing an argument, he is good at it and his style lends itself to it.

Historically, the turnout for a special election is in the mid-30 percent range to 40 percent,

There is a need to get the British government, in particular, to renovate the assembly, which is part of the 'Good Friday' agreement, and which has never met since the elections two years ago.

There aren't many more elections to win in New York City and we'll take over the Senate by making the inroads that Senator Clinton and Chuck Schumer made in upstate New York.

We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning.

We must hold primary elections to choose the center-left candidate for mayor of Milan,

We must conduct elections so that 2006 will not be a lost year regarding the political and economic process, and the passing of the budget, ... in this complicated situation that we are in.

We made the issue at stake in these elections very clear: whether Japan should go ahead with structural reforms, or stop them. As a result, we've gained the support of a wide section of the population.

He wants to invoke the threat of polls (new elections), which the allies do not obviously want at this stage.

Haiti's future depends on this vote. Good elections are the only solution to saving our nation.

Just like Mark Snider told the Board of Elections within a couple hours of when he first became aware of it... first of all, Mike and I didn't even know anything about this till March 16, ... Second of all, nobody benefited from this in any way, shape or form whatsoever.

I suspect that they want to maybe get in the game before the federal election takes over,

Italian voters are not going to be overly impressed by television footage of Berlusconi with George Bush. The overriding issue in these elections is the economy. In 2001, Italians voted for Berlusconi because he promised they would be better off: actually they feel worse off.

I think it is important, particularly when you're dealing with a country like Belarus where the population does not have access to very much independent information, that we make sure that our messages are as clear and unmistakable as possible, and that when we say that action is being taken because of elections that were less than free and fair, that that is what the population understands has happened.

I think in the near future and all the way through the 2007/08 elections, the government will not take more suggestions from the pro-democracy camp since they obviously failed at the negotiations last time. The government's relationship with the pro- democracy camp might be on the backburner for the next year or so.

It came in after the deadline. It was requested by the supervisor of elections, ... We typically don't try to judge or prejudge what a constitutional officer recommends. It was reviewed by staff and put on at her request because of the deadline.

I think it's going to be very close. This is one of these elections that there will not be a breakaway winner. Probably in this state we're in for a Gerald Ford-Jimmy Carter race where it may be one vote a precinct. Ohio's going to determine the next president.

It could be that nothing happens. It all depends on whether it happens close to the elections or not.

I think the issue of developers' influence is going to explode in the elections in Montgomery County next year, and our campaign finance laws have clearly failed to restrain their influence.

I think the Iraqi elections are a big step for Bush, moving forward to bring closure to the Iraq process.

I think the commissioner only made a general assessment of what allegedly happened in the elections.

I think the American people have been surprised by the enthusiasm with which the Iraqis have taken to elections and politics.

It is clear that the incumbent president allowed the state authorities to be used in a manner which did not allow free and fair elections in Belarus.

I was elected by the people of Cambodia in elections that were supervised and organized by the United Nations.

I think we're going to get a good vote and a big turnout and we certainly hope and expect the constitution will be approved, ... It's very significant event. When you think about the course of the time here in Iraq, it's vital we get constitution in place and follow that with national elections in December.

I think we're going to get a good vote, a big turnout and we certainly hope and expect the constitution will be approved, ... It's vital to get a constitution in place and follow that with national elections in December.

I think we have to set a date for withdrawal. The January elections (in Iraq) are a natural time.

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

I think we should see a clear message in the overwhelming success of women in presidential elections over the past year: the world is ready for a woman as secretary general of the United Nations.

I think that as part of the mock election it was valuable to learn that so that the vendor can now understand that in the future that may be a problem that they may want to try to correct.

I think any thorough analysis of the gubernatorial elections is going to show that the elections were decided on local and state issues and the candidates and their agendas, ... I do not think you can conclude it represents any larger trend whatsoever." ()

I think we are seeing a little follow-through from the election ... but, overall, the market has been pulled down by the drop in oil prices more than anything else.

It is often said that in our next meeting, we cannot do anything because there are elections,

I think that this government will be the shortest government even in the history of Israeli. We will, from the very beginning, act in order to bring it down and to have early elections for both Knesset and prime minister.

I think that tomorrow what we are going to have with the elections here, we're going to have a record turnout,

It is little wonder then that during his short life, even though he was studying overseas to better equip himself to serve the people, he found time to return home to campaign in the general elections of 1989 and 1997.

It is inconceivable that a movement such as Hamas, which has a very good chance of doing well or even winning, can participate in elections while calling for the destruction of the state of Israel.

It is impossible to have the final election results this week.

I want us to be assured when those local government elections are held that the KSAC will return to the control of the People's National Party, and that means that we will have to do some serious work in every division,

I will not withdraw (from the race) in favor of another candidate. I'm going to campaign up to July 2 ? the date of the elections ? I want to become president, I want my party to win Congress, and every vote for me will serve that purpose.

I think they do that not just with the election, but in general.

I think these two teams will go their own way. ... Viktor Yushchenko and I will go to the elections on parallel paths,

I think these qualities will be decisive during presidential elections in 2000, ... decent, honest and thorough.

It is Belarus' aspiration to hold free and fair elections complying with the law and international obligations of our country, so our desires here coincide with Ukraine's.

Japanese voters have shown in the last elections their deep understanding toward Prime Minister Koizumi who says pos-tal reform is the core of his reform program.

Jerusalem for us is a major issue. We can't accept excluding it from our national elections.

I said before the elections and repeat now -- don't rush to change the portraits. The country has a president and an active president at that.

People are careful, they want to see the outcome of the elections this time around to see how things will work out...It would possibly be in six months' time when people can make up their minds to go.

People aren't going to take any position ahead of the elections.

Our job is not to discourage someone from filing for public office irrespective of how many offices they file for. I would hope that someone would not (file for office) frivolously, because there is the cost to the district and the resources of the elections office.

Our principal objective remains the need to create a climate for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe so that the Zimbabwean people can speak through the ballot.

Our goal is to foil government plans to hold the municipal elections and to break the backbone of the autocratic regime.