The latest mass claim was brought by lawyers for prisoners or ex-prisoners who were unable to vote in various elections between 2009 and 2011.
Rafsanjani still holds the position of head of Iran's expediency council, which arbitrates between the parliament and the guardian council, a body that vets all candidates who participate in various elections in Iran.
"I think there will be Tea Party candidates over here in various elections, possibly council elections," he said, "but in all honesty I don't see them doing all that well.
That is confirmed in the various election guidelines, where over the years the ability of one awkward candidate to stop a broadcast has been removed.
Supporters of the war saw their views confirmed in the ink-stained fingers of Iraqi voters who queued up to vote in the various elections held between January and December 2005, in the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon, and in the Afghan presidential and parliamentary elections.
Its and Mr Ma's hopes lie in the various elections that are forthcoming: mayoral ones in Taipei and Kaohsiung at the end of this year, legislative polls in late 2007 and the presidential elections in 2008, when Mr Chen is constitutionally obliged to step down.
Here are a few snapshots from various election campaigns in Mozambique, all from the last two months: In Macomia, in northern Cabo Delgado province, a government Toyota Land Cruiser – covered in posters of the ruling party, Frelimo – is used to distribute campaign material.
But in the various elections that have now been held, he has barely risen in the standings above the asterisk level.
"The forces at work in these various elections are ideas, forces which could bring about my election as the President of France next May," she said last month.
If the Texas governor's certified victory in Florida holds up after the Florida courts and the United States Supreme Court rule on various election matters in coming days, he will automatically collect Florida's electors without any help from the Legislature.
