Speaking after the ballot on Wednesday night, a composed Gillard said she was proud of her achievements in what "has not been an easy environment to work in" because of the minority parliament, the internal Labor divisions and the Coalition's fierce anti-carbon tax campaign.
Besides, the groups argued, "We lost the right to marry in California at the ballot box.
The Kennedy aura remains a factor in US politics, even when there is no Kennedy on the ballot paper.
Noel Kututwa, Amnesty's deputy director for Africa, said: "It appears the Zanu-PF supporters wanted to ensure that these women did not vote for the other parties and tried to compromise the secrecy of the ballot.
"Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?" As things stand, this is the question that is to appear on the ballot papers of those eligible to vote in the in/out referendum to be held before the end of 2017.
This was a transition of power not by the ballot box.
Their awkwardness at black people protesting the death of Eric Garner at the hands of the police, meanwhile, is clear evidence of the racism that keeps pictures like Selma off ballot sheets.
Mr Trimble defeated South Belfast MP the Rev Martin Smyth by 457 to 348 votes, 56% to 43%, in a crunch secret ballot of the party's ruling council in the King's Hall, Belfast.
That all changed on election day 2012 when four states chose the more gay-friendly position on same-sex marriage ballot measures.
"If the question on the ballot paper next Thursday is whether we can turn Britain from a country run for a few at the top to a country run for working people once again, Ukip is not the answer," he said.
"No matter who's on or off the ballot, Greg Orman is running as an independent against the broken system in Washington that has failed Kansas and failed America," his campaign manager, Jim Jonas, said in a statement.
