Rather than appear to be soliciting votes, he brought people in from around the country to his actual front porch and gave speeches from there.

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The President claimed at the time -- in the midst of an election campaign in which he was eagerly soliciting the votes of Cuban Americans in Florida and New Jersey(1) -- that his action was "a postponement, " not a waiver.

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And bewildered Labour supporters are being besieged by Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrat canvassers soliciting their second votes.

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