I commend the Liberian people for coming out in large numbers to exercise their right to vote.

The voting had proceeded in a satisfactory manner.

45. Statements in explanation of vote before the vote were made by the representatives of Italy and the United States of America.

I'm against voting!

Let's vote. Vote to do what?

You'll put in a blank vote?

In response, 8.5 million Iraqis defiantly and courageously headed to the polls to cast their vote against the past and to vote instead for the freedom and peace to which they aspire.

I should also like to declare our willingness to other countries, including one country that, unfortunately, changed its vote.

This means that the single non transferable vote will be retained.

There was, however, much controversy regarding the wording of the ballot choices.

Votes cast 512

The total vote count is thirty.

In that vein, it launched a campaign to support reauthorization of key provisions of the United States Voting Rights Act.

But when a vote was needed, it had been taken.

On 10 November, the party submitted its complaints to the National Elections Commission and also filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking the suspension of the ballot counting.

Elections and referendums were equally valid means for reflecting the will of the people although a referendum offered more safeguards for the incumbent party.

Let's take a poll, how many would turn the trolley car onto the side track?

A total of 9,852,291 votes were cast from 6,235 polling centres and more than 32,000 polling stations.

The idea was, Vote your conscience, vote for Mister Splashy Pants.

The fact that Omar al Bashir, Sudan s president, is not especially keen to agree to the United Nations plan to beef up its peacekeeping force in the country ahead of the referendum raises concern about his intentions. He would certainly be happy to delay the vote and, if it is held, to dispute its legitimacy.

There were claims of intimidation at the polling stations, of ballot boxes being stolen.

The participation of women was significant 51 per cent of the voters.

Statements in explanation of vote before the voting

David Bismark demos a new system for voting that contains a simple, verifiable way to prevent fraud and miscounting while keeping each person's vote secret.

The referendum can be considered to be a success the turnout was more than 92 per cent, with a 90 per cent yes vote and an 8 per cent no vote.

On these elections, according to the data of the election commission, the total of 1.616.313 voters went to polls, out of which number 798.500 women voters, or 49,4 .

And I declare that if we were to vote, we here would vote in favour.

Number of ballots cast 176

Number of ballots cast 177

The decision to vote means a decision for history.

Well, in that case perhaps, gentlemen, you would care to... vote again.

The ballot boxes go to counting places.

The consistent practice of the United Nations has been to interpret the words absolute majority as meaning a majority of all electors, whether or not they vote or are allowed to vote.

If the third ballot is inconclusive, the next ballot shall be restricted to the two candidates who obtained the greatest number of votes in the third ballot and so on, with unrestricted and restricted ballots alternating, until a candidate is elected.

If the third ballot is inconclusive, the next ballot shall be restricted to the two candidates who obtained the greatest number of votes in the third ballot and so on, with unrestricted and restricted ballots alternating until a person or member is elected.

Adopted by secret ballot by 13 votes to 10,

Adopted by secret ballot by 12 votes to 11,

Adopted by secret ballot by 13 votes to 9,

The result of the second round of balloting (first restricted ballot) were as follows

The results of the third round of balloting (second restricted ballot) were as follows

The results of the fourth round of balloting (third restricted ballot) were as follows

Palestine will not have the right to vote, including in elections.

So for example, you come to the polling station, and a poll station worker asks for your ID before giving you a ballot form and asking you to go into a voting booth to fill out your vote.

For the referendum to be successful turnout needs to be 50 percent plus one vote.

So this is not by accident that the voters are not interested to vote anymore.