This comes just days after New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, asked the administration to rethink its decision.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

This Colorado student stayed away. "It's just a family decision to not come.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08

"This is a clear decision and a clear message, not just for Palestinains but for the American administration itself that Israel is not willing and is not ready to stop settlement activities and much more important than this, that they are not ready for peace,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Asked at a press conference in Kabul why the criteria for quarantined votes has changed from 600 per ballot box to more than 1,000,chief electoral officer Daoud Ali Najafi says the ECC just made this decision and the Afghan government's Independent Election Commission agreed to it.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12