Mr Lee now finds himself in third place in the polls, trailing Rhee In Je, the runner-up in the ruling party's ballot for a presidential candidate.

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Voters do have the option of casting a second ballot, for a specific candidate from the list of their chosen party.

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For example, the result sheet in one ballot box indicated 550 ballots for a candidate, but there were only 35 ballots in the box, the complaints commission said.

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It decreed that Democrats could replace disgraced Senator Robert Torricelli, who was running for reelection, with a new candidate, even though the law explicitly sets a 51-day deadline--long since past--for removing a candidate from the ballot.

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Sir Edward had refused calls from some MPs for a ballot to decide the most popular candidate.

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How are you not throwing your vote away if you vote for a Democrat or Republican when there is a candidate on the ballot who better represents your preferences?

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The GOP maintained that, under New Jersey law, Democrats missed the deadline for replacing a candidate, saying a candidate who wants to get off the ballot must do so at least 51 days before the election, and a replacement must be selected at least 48 days before the vote.

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Since the double ballot encourages people to split their vote, backing a small party for the Knesset and the Labour or Likud candidate for prime minister, both big parties lost votes to smaller ones in the 1996 election, and are likely to lose even more next time.

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