At the Bush campaign headquarters, Steve Schmidt, a spokesman, said that Mr. Kerry "has a lifetime record of voting for higher gas taxes," referring mainly to votes on larger budget-balancing bills.

Over at Republican headquarters, Mr. Lazio's aides sounded, well, the same way Mr. Wolfson sounded two years ago: they complained that Mrs. Clinton was referring to absences for ceremonial votes, or votes on which Mr. Lazio's presence would not have made a difference, for the sake of some political points.

F.D.R. Was a Member "You'd think Harvard should be as progressive if not more progressive than Princeton," Ms. Schkolnick said, referring to recent votes by Princeton's two remaining all-male eating clubs to admit women.

"Iran's policy of relying on the east turned out to be impractical," wrote Nabiollah Ibrahimi, referring to several surprising votes by its allies.

Mr President, I was not referring to that particular vote but to votes in general.

Under this system, voters are given an explicit number of points (often referred to as "votes" because in all known governmental elections, the number of points equals the number of seats to be elected) to distribute amongst candidates on a single ballot.

There've been - this has been euphemistically referred to as legal votes that haven't been counted.

In the following tables, the primary vote refers to first-preference votes cast.

Challenging Bush Correction: December 9, 2003, Tuesday A chart on Friday with an article about the Rev. Al Sharpton's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination referred incorrectly to votes he won in United States Senate races in 1992 and 1994 and the New York City mayoral race in 1997.