The replacement ballot is a horse race.

The law blocks Mr. Davis from being on the replacement ballot.

Even if they were to succeed before Oct. 7, Mr. McClintock's name would remain on the replacement ballot.

Mr. Schwarzenegger is the best known of 135 candidates on the replacement ballot.

In that case, the only way to have a chance at retaining the governorship is to put another Democrat on the replacement ballot.

Turnout was so heavy that some Boston precincts ran out of ballots; city officials had replacement ballots delivered in police cruisers.

The governor avoided earlier forums with candidates on the replacement ballots, he said, because he thought such multicandidate events added to the circus atmosphere of the campaign.

Democrats remain publicly united in their opposition to the recall and in resisting the temptation to appear on the replacement ballot.

Democrats insisted that no Democratic candidate would appear on the replacement ballot.

On the replacement ballot, Mr. Schwarzenegger finished first with 48.6 percent, or 3,744,132 votes.