The citizens voted to allow the sale of beer, wine and other spirits after a heated election in 2008 .

"This is a rather heated election," he says.

The clash between Mugabe supporters and opponents came as Zimbabwe braces for its most heated election since independence in 1980.

It's going to be a heated election next week, and I need every bit of help I can get.

It is a momentous event for this country, which is witnessing its first heated election in 22 years.

Politically the state was highly democratic, as heated elections (among adult white men) pitted the Democratic east versus the Whiggish west.

On the other hand, officials also hoped to appease rural constituents as the country braces for heated parliamentary elections in May.

Quincy, originally a mining town, was chosen as the county seat after a heated election against nearby Elizabethtown.

But the members said there had been no agreement or even formal discussion on whether proceeding quickly, in a heated election year, would be wise.

It was a heated election in 1928 and Brashington lost the majority.