We?re reaching out to the citizens of the county. We need to put some faces behind these votes. We think this zoning is problematic.

Ralph Coyle

Did he tell you he is trying to be executive director? That's why he brought that cash. He was there soliciting votes to become executive director.

Michael Downey

The vote shows that a strong, unapologetic, judicial conservative in the mold of Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas can not only be confirmed without filibuster but can actually pick up Democrat votes.

Wendy Long

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

Wendell Berry

Maybe this time, if we get another vote, we'll be 10 to 15 votes ahead. I don't think this is impossible.

Aldo Notari

She got absolutely no votes at all from Tioga County. In 1884 women couldn't vote.

Keith Greene

On an ideological level, Senator Nelson is not in touch with the mainstream of Florida, ... He has voted against tax relief that has been passed by the Republican majority in Congress. He votes to protect the trial lawyers against reform of frivolous lawsuits. We think a Republican challenger is going to do very well if they contrast his record to the Republican positions.

Brian Nick

It would be guesswork on their part because I can't tell you where those votes are coming from.

Langdon Neal

The count is going to go on. That doesn't mean my clients will be satisfied with the count. If the count excludes the votes of some whose will is clearly reflected in the ballot, we will pursue our options in the state court.

Alan M. Dershowitz

Cranks live by theory, not by pure desire. They want votes, peace, nuts, liberty, and spinning-looms not because they love these things, as a child loves jam, but because they think they ought to have them. That is one element which makes the crank.

Dame Rose Macaulay

A special session may be premature, ... Do we have enough votes to do some of this? Is the governor willing to sign a sales tax abeyance into law?

Bill Black

Cheney is a card-carrying member of the old guard. Some of his past votes are hard to explain away in any era.

Mark Fabiani

I think it is a very delicate moment for the country and we are going to wait until the end, until the electoral tribunal has processed all the votes because with such a small difference, anything can happen.

Otton Solis

Everything we bring to the board complies with the (incentive) policy, ... If it does not, we will not ask for it. Every time he (Privette) votes against an incentive, he's voting against jobs.

John Cox

[But Siegelman tells a different story:] Sometime after midnight, after the poll watchers were sent home, a small group there decided to recount the votes a third time, ... No watchers legally entitled to be present were notified -- and then a different total was established.

Don Siegelman

I don't feel comfortable at this point in time asking for funds, ... We're dealing with important matters, such as tax bills, and we don't want someone's contribution to be viewed as earning favor when you are casting votes.

David Farabee

The challenge with the machines is you have to have a machine that accommodates this method of voting. We needed to be able to count votes with these rankings taken into account.

Ryan O'donnell

I was really excited and surprised to see the amount of votes we did receive, ... I'm looking forward to the general election.

Robert Eaton

The provincial government of NWFP has not barred women from casting their votes in local government elections.

Fazlur Rahman

The bottom line is, eight votes still have not changed.

Phil Mendelson

All Florida votes are equal, your honor, and no vote is more equal than another.

Frank Myers

I think the town votes were clouded by the side issue.

Sue Karlman

Without a way for the voters to check, we don't have any way to recover votes if there's a machine failure.

Marybeth Kuznik

Employees really let their emotions show with their votes. They not only cast their votes, but write explanations of why their choices should win.

Tony Vecchio

It just takes a while to log all those votes. We want to be sure that it's correct.

Gordon Fischer

He's using taxpayers' own money to buy votes. It's common for governments to send checks after disasters, and three years of Sanford is a disaster.

Rod Shealy

Joe Desmond doesn't have the votes to get confirmed. But the governor will put him up anyway. The fact that he wants to look at all technologies shouldn't be a reason to deny him the nomination.

Susan Kennedy

There is nothing that requires the board to give reasons on the record for individual members' votes. Occasionally members will feel a need to offer an explanation, but that did not happen in this case.

John Heaton

A candidate who votes for Roberts, opens themselves up to attack on the grounds that they are not a qualified standard bearer for the party, ... Hillary Clinton or any candidate can't take the Democratic Party for granted. If Roberts hands down some extreme rulings, a vote for Roberts becomes a symbol of the negative consequences of Democratic capitulation.

David Sirota

I don?t know where the votes are.

Kate Brown

We thought our lawyers did a great job ... I didn't hear any compelling reason why vote counting should be stopped. The best way to resolve this election dispute is count the votes, see who's ahead and call it a day.

Mark Fabiani

Let the count begin not just of the votes not counted in Miami Dade, but as the court so wisely ruled, of the undercounts in every county. Then every American will know with certainty who has won the presidency.

Bill Daley

The votes Weiner got are not automatically transferable [to Ferrer]. You win it on your own, ultimately.

Lee Miringoff

We'll have to see who has the votes if it comes to that.

Pete Wilson

Well, Mr. Kerry's constant unfounded references to African-Americans having their votes: "stolen" or "taken away" in 2000 are far more likely to exacerbate racial divisions.

John Fund

The legal remedy is to nullify those votes. The only thing (CATIF) doesn't want is the participation of public money.

Peter Suwak

As you get closer to the deadline, it's easier to pick up votes. At that point, members can go home and say they didn't like the plan, but they had to vote for it to keep the schools from closing.

Bill Ratliff

We need Arizona to come out big and support us in the finals with their Internet votes to beat out the nation.

Mike Oliver

Democracy is not a neat process, it is a complicated process. We are seeing a lot of that 'third world country' angst in our country, with a lot of loss of confidence and concerns from the 2000 election. And I would hate to think we will end up in that same scenario of possibly feeling like we are a third world country and no one trusts the government to count the votes right.

Conny Mccormack

We contest that the Centre-Left has won politically, because the House of Freedoms has won the Senate with more than 50 per cent of the votes.

Paolo Bonauiti

The members may in the long run decide it's better to do nothing than cast votes that may make them look bad. So being unproductive isn't always bad.

Linda Fowler

We ought to formalize what we've already said with three votes of the council, ... It's over - for this round.

John Morris

I think the electorate would love to see those votes beforehand.

Rebecca Adams

We have repeatedly asked the appeals court that the official count of the votes be carried out with full respect for the law, that is with the maximum precision and transparency.

Sandro Bondi

There is a difference of 25,000 votes and there are 43,000 contested votes.

Sandro Bondi

Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals.

Harry Hay

Everybody likes an underdog sometimes, and I'm an underdog. We're going to go for it, even if we don't get but three votes, but I think we're going to do better than that.

Griffin Lotson

I just think the Democratic Party is reaching to try to find votes wherever they can be and where they're not.

Mark Wallace

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

Joseph Stalin

The tough-talking swagger of the kind we're hearing from people in Congress who want enforcement only is not a political winner. It won't solve problems, and it won't win votes.

Tamar Jacoby

That's the only way they're going to get it passed. It's like an election. You have to appeal to where you can get the most votes. But now we're pitted against each other, young versus old.

Todd Jordan

I do intend to get my votes back.

Alex Villalobos

Obviously, he's going to the right because he knows that's where the votes are. My assumption is if he gets through the primary, he will tack toward the center.

Tim Hibbitts

Knowing how she won the 2004 race and lost in a re-count by 22 votes; one never forgets the pain.

Jennifer Black

Gov. Bush believes and supports the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, which means gay people can be in the military, they just can't be open about their sexuality. It's clear that Governor Bush is disappointed with the way some of the platform votes went.

Carl Schmid

We had 90 votes (in favor) that I have seen melted down in the last two weeks. I am disappointed in my own speaker. I don't know who convinced the members to change their votes, but regardless of any arm twisting I am voting for the people of Massachusetts. I am ashamed to be a Democrat today, and all we are doing is pink-slipping 6,000 people.

David Flynn

It's clear to anyone with common sense this is an attempt to get votes.

John Jones

We only need 145 more votes, and we're going to be knocking on doors...we're going to go get them.

Chris Brown

We looked for votes everywhere. I looked under rocks, under a shrub, under a yucca tree and the stump of a plantain tree.

Hipolito Mejia

Both votes were overwhelming.

Tom Buffenbarger

I got some votes in games that I didn't expect to poll in.

Bill Parker

The result will hinge on how much of that youth vote gets out on the streets and votes -- that may be the deciding factor.

James Paterson

The dissenting votes are evidence that policy makers' outlook on inflation is improving. Why not start to bet on a 100 basis- point cut for next month?

Boris Segura

He votes as a Southern man, and votes sectionally; I am also a Southern man, but vote nationally on national questions.

Thomas Hart Benton

Emerson received some votes for (Atlantic Sun) Player of the Year. He's going to be a handful. He's a little different. Not only can he post up big, he's got some moves down there. And he can pop out and hit the 3-pointer, too.

Tony Ingle

Those who said they didn't want anybody with a professional education background didn't have the votes to make their favorite person a finalist.

George Dunlap

Pro-family and pro-life Americans must continue to speak up and have their voices heard in this process as the Senate debates and votes on the new Supreme Court justice nominee.

Roberta Combs

It looks like the difference in votes is becoming smaller and that's why each vote will be counted manually. The way things are going, anything can happen.

Oscar Fonseca

I am not proposing to seek your votes because there is a blue sky ahead today.

Jim Callaghan

After the election November 7, from the point of view of the citizens, ... all votes were equal, but some votes were more equal than others.

Frank Myers

Honestly, I expected fewer votes.

Sergei Kiriyenko

If they feel they have a declarative victor or perhaps don't have enough votes one way or another, sometimes they will make announcements after the meeting. But there's no guarantee about that, and it's entirely up to them.

Creig Dunlop

Together, the Kurds and Shiites have enough votes in parliament to approve the draft constitution and have it voted on; however, the requirements for adoption of the constitution are such that if Sunni provinces uniformly reject it, it will not go into effect.

John Hinderaker

I thought it was necessary for us to show our commitment to those NOC's with a view to winning those votes.

John Coates

We took a lot of the suggestions that came out of last year's budget votes. I think ultimately keeping it under the penalty threshold was very important.

Mary Perkins

This isn't about more power for the president. It's about more votes for Newt Gingrich, and that's the last thing America needs.

Lloyd Doggett

Public officials have a responsibility to count and recognize the votes of all Floridians who voted in this presidential election, ... Factors such as administrative inconvenience, expediency or the limitations of vote-reading machines pale in comparison to protecting the voting rights of our citizens.

Paul Hancock

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.

William T. Sherman

I understand that it might be upsetting to lose the election by a handful of votes, but it seems improbable that he can recover 20,000 votes.

Vittorio Feltri

We're still confident that the referendum will pass on the weighted votes.

Bob Spaeth

Public officials are more susceptible to public opinion. ... Votes sway politicians.

Susan Kennedy

I believe the votes are there and I believe it is up to the people of Georgia to let their legislators know that it's good common sense.

Calvin Hill

Depending on who the sponsors are, it's causing different votes to go different ways. Some of the members feel free enough to vote their conscience(s).

Susie Caplowe

I thought it would be within five votes, but I never thought it would be this close.

John Hale

They hadn't done anything wrong. They exercised their right as a significant shareholder and we were there to attend the AGM on their behalf and to make sure their votes counted, as you'd expect.

Richard Hough

Gilchrist will appeal to the hard-core conservatives on the single issue of immigration, and one would think, take votes away from John Campbell.

Allan Hoffenblum

There was a chance for us to get damn close to [a filibuster-proof] 60 votes. We gave away three sure things.

Grover Norquist

The court heard Judge (Charles) Burton (of the Palm Beach County canvassing board), called by the defendants, testify that they had been able to identify the clear intent of the voters such to add a net 215 votes to Vice President Gore.

David Boies

We are fully aware that the votes of somebody like Phil Travis could be affected by Reilly's decision.

Arline Isaacson

It's premature, we don't have the votes on the Supreme Court right now. We're busy with these other bills that are very important and do-able.

Margie Montgomery

Given the importance of the election and the fact that the present margin is approximately 300 votes in the state, I believe the people of Palm Beach County have entrusted us with the power to voice their right to participate in their government.

Carol Roberts

Fortunately, given the opinion that we got today, that vote count is now going forward in Dade County and Palm Beach County, and other counties. So, we are very hopeful that now this is back on track, the lawyers can go home, the voters can have their votes counted and it can be solved in the political process -- where it ought to be solved -- and not in the courts.

David Boies

Paul Warner's a great guy. Everybody likes Paul Warner. But he votes wrong every time it comes to family issues. He says it has to do with limited government and that ideology. His ideology gets in the way of families in our neighborhoods.

Mark Peterson

I hope the secretary of state does the right thing. This is too late in the game for lawyers, too late in the game for partisan politics. The voters have spoken, and the votes ought to be counted.

David Boies

We had different errors with people's votes not counting. It just wasn't working.

Tim Leonard

It checks to make sure the votes are how you want them before it finishes.

Karen Wieman

If anything, after last night's performance, our horizon may broaden. We think we have a very large playing field in terms of electoral votes. We might get a little more aggressive in terms of paid media and where the candidates go.

Tad Devine

A lot of times the e-mails and phone calls that come in will shape how he votes on an issue.

Jennifer Hall

We cannot win the White House without winning electoral votes in the South.

Joe Turnham

To me it looks like these legislators are simply covering their tails because they know how hotly contested this has been and they made perhaps some unpopular votes with their decisions last session.

Rep Dave Crooks

Neither side reached 50 percent (in the lower house) and the margin is under 25,000 votes. Such a tiny difference necessitates a scrupulous checking of the counting and tally sheets.

Paolo Bonaiuti

We are talking about political fraud and blatant stealing of votes. This is an offer which must be rejected.

Vojislav Kostunica

In the first round, we are to select 50 competitors. Then we're going to narrow it down to 25 in the next round, and they're going to go to a simulcast location. It's going to get narrowed down to the final 12 by the audience's votes.

Susan Young

Pataki might think ethanol will win him farm votes in Iowa. But when he's carrying the weight of his liberal views on abortion and gay rights, a boutique tax cut for alternative fuels won't put much in Pataki's tank for a presidential race.

Nelson Warfield

That's the problem with the voting. We vote at the beginning of the year and don't (change) votes at the end of the year. I would hope in the future we would pick the four best teams at the end of the year and play them off and have a true national champion.

Tommy Tuberville

The new compromise appears to have the votes, so we will vote on it.

Ranit Schmelzer

A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate'spermissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. When a Catholic does not share a candidate's stand in favor of abortion and/or euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is consi.

Pope Benedict Xvi

We've had 19 consecutive votes on same-sex marriage bans, ... Eighteen states have passed them.

Matt Foreman

We're going to do the testing that's required. That's essential because voters do need the confidence that their votes will be counted accurately.

Bill Wood

I was one of the reluctant votes there. Ultimately, I think marketing downtown should be privatized.

Frank Walker

She has created the majority in many, many cases of important social issues. These 5-4 votes, she is the fifth vote. She is the power of the Court. Who she gets replaced by, similar swing vote or a strong conservative or a strong liberal can determine some very big social issues.

Paul Rothstein

I'm resting a little easier. Now I feel confident. There were enough votes out there that anything could happen. This has certainly been an odd election.

Tony Nelssen

An important victory for what has been Al Gore and Joe Lieberman's basic principle since Election Day -- a full and fair count of all the votes.

Bill Daley

It is a little better than the current formula, but Sen. Graham still has concerns. South Carolina and other Sunbelt states have traditionally been left behind when it comes to votes like these.

Kevin Bishop

I'm more of a collaborator. You can't have a lot of split votes and have the agency serve its mission.

Andrew Chesley

We do not want the board to vote the Corps of Engineers out because that votes us out. I don't know what we need to do to fix the problem.

Randy Perkins

We're talking about revitalizing the rural economy through jobs and cash flow drastically needed in these states, obviously leading to votes for these senators and congressmen. It seems like a win-win situation, and something Democrats and Republicans can get behind.

Nate Glasko

The governor does not believe that is even close to a sufficient solution. The governor believes we need a solution that protects every vote, not 5 percent of the votes.

Henry Fawell

There has never really been any threat of expulsion, just the hype in some international circles to try and frighten us. The motion would require 85 percent of the total votes.

Eric Bloch

Brand of aggressive batting thrilled crowds and television audiences alike and his success is reflected in the number of votes he finished ahead of his nearest rival in the poll.

Ehsan Mani

20 years of votes can tell you much more about a man than 20 weeks of campaign rhetoric.

Zell Miller

George told me, he gave the money to the delegates and I am sure other members of the JFF leadership know about it. I was hoping this would not go public, because it stands to hurt football, but it is true. The delegates got money for their votes, not Samuels.

Everton Tomlinson

I will bet my bottom dollar that it will bring a significant number of gay and lesbian votes to Cuomo. On the other hand, could Sean, if he ran his campaign smartly, still walk away with a bulk of the lesbian and gay votes? He could.

Ethan Geto

Private polls have shown that his endorsement has actually moved votes.

Ethan Geto

This is a tough vote and he buckled, ... I know he's made some tough votes before. It's hard to take one vote and make it his whole record.

Eric Schaeffer

Special election ballots do not list the party affiliations of candidates, ... Should no candidate in a race receive a majority of votes on Aug. 30, a runoff election will be held on Sept. 13.

Eric Clark