Others point out that during the 2002 campaign, Mr Uribe said he was against re-election; changing the rules midway through his term seems unsporting.
President Museveni has won four elections, changing the constitution to allow himself an unlimited number of terms.
The federal law "serves obvious and important public policy interests by prohibiting precisely what is happening in Florida today," the Bush appeal told the justices, "where the candidate who did not receive the most votes and his supporters are attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election by changing the rules after the election has been held".
Systematic electoral fraud including vote-rigging in a third of all constituencies, stuffed ballot boxes and election officials changing results had a decisive impact on the outcome of the Kenyan elections, an investigation by The Independent can reveal.
But it lived to lose another election after changing its name.
Mr. Nasheed is now campaigning in the hope of coming to power in the next election and changing Mr. Waheed's government, which he said is illegitimate.
The True Finns raised their share of seats in the 200-member Parliament to 39 from the 5 they had won in the 2007 election, sharply changing the balance of power in Finnish politics.
"Haven't you betrayed some of the voters who supported you in the election by changing your positions on who should get a tax increase and by including Social Security benefits now into this mix?" the President was asked.
A spokesman, Joe Pounder, declared: "Yet again, Barack Obama has proven he will literally do anything to win an election, including changing positions on the type of campaign spending he called nothing short of 'a threat to our democracy.' " The outside groups are playing an increasingly prominent role in the presidential race by running aggressive advertising campaigns, often attacking opponents.
"John McCain has gone unchallenged for far too long and we're going to make sure that voters in competitive states know the choice in this election between changing Washington and the third term of George Bush's failed policies that McCain is offering.
Six years ago, Keith Horwood was known in his native Toronto as a former graduate student who'd hacked into his school's student union election site, changing candidates' titles for comic effect.
