In several voting locations in Bamako, small lines had formed before polls had even opened, and in dirt courtyards across the city, electoral officials guided voters through a multi-step process, which featured the use of biometric voting cards, known by their local acronym, Nina, for the first time in the country's history.
In several, voting patterns stay the same as in past elections, with the only change coming from the overall makeup of the electorate.
The rules were intended to raise the quality of the athletes' transcripts, but the association, in several votes taken without fanfare last month, acknowledged that it had been out of step with a broad spectrum of less-conventional yet rigorous courses now offered by many public high schools, as well as by charter schools, community colleges and even schools on the Internet.
The same idea of minimization that plays such a crucial role in belief merging can be found as a principle in the definition of several voting rules in social choice theory.
The next flash point over voting laws will most likely be in North Carolina, where several voting bills had languished there this year as the Republicans who control the Legislature awaited the Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which had covered many counties in the state.
But the vote margin was not inconsistent with previous voting patterns at New Square, or with voting patterns elsewhere, including in several larger voting districts in upper Manhattan.
At several voting stations in Jakarta, people interviewed expressed general satisfaction with Mr. Yudhoyono, in keeping with recent polls published here.
Sheik Issawi asserted that the cheating occurred during the recording of the tallies at several voting sites in Anbar and was committed by officials beholden to the Islamic Party.
Our random sampling of final vote tallies at four polling stations (each composed of several "voting bureaus") in Cité Soleil, Delmas and Lalue revealed that only 17.7% of their registered voters turned out to vote.
On the night in question there were several votes in a row and little Lizzie, quite understandably beginning to resent being deserted by her increasingly flustered mother in favour of a succession of half-drunk MPs, screamed loudly in members' lobby for about half an hour.
In addition to the jury awards, the festival also presents audience awards in several categories, voted upon by those attending the festival screenings.
