For 20 years I have advocated alternative means for access to the ballot so that elections are open and democratic.
But when our elections are open to rigging because of postal voting on demand, we all suffer the consequences.
How and when the court may rule, and what that could mean for the legitimacy of the elections, are open questions.
Meanwhile, an observer mission from the Commonwealth of Independent States, a Moscow-dominated alliance of former Soviet republics known for its rose-colored reporting on the region's elections, announced Friday that the elections were "open and free".
Critics who condemned the center-right government for what they called its initial inability to prevent or extinguish the fires said its compensation system, instituted less than three weeks ahead of parliamentary elections, was open to widespread fraud.
How an interim Republican senator would fare in next year's election is open to debate.
"While it is perhaps no surprise that a sizeable number of Conservative supporters favour a coalition with Ukip, the probability of that being a viable option at the next election is open to question," she said.
The Tories will have to elect a new leader, presumably from among those who campaigned to leave the E.U.; whether he or she will, in turn, feel obliged to call a fresh general election is open to debate.
Mr Giusti, a potential candidate in next year's presidential election, is open about his plans to double production capacity to more than 6.3m b/d in 2006, whatever OPEC says.In this section Titide on top Let the oil flow Argentina's lopsided recovery The enemy within ReprintsThe government is still making a few feeble nods in the direction of the cartel.
The outcome of the presidential election is open and the future shape of Congress uncertain.
But political researchers who opt to stand for election are open to accusations that they know nothing of the real world.
