Thus, he, too, is at a crossroads: Will he make nice with the government and accept the election results?
The FEC ruled unanimously in March 2007 that presidential candidates could accept general election public financing, provided that they return any money raised for the general election while following certain guidelines.
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Democracy works only when the parties that lose an election accept the outcome.
Messrs Kuchma and Yanukovich had said before the Supreme Court ruling that they would accept a fresh election but it would have to be re-done from scratch.
There is no way now for the court to avoid deciding, and will likely order her to accept what county election officials say is the most accurate tabulation of the vote.
When a new pope has been elected, the Cardinal Dean or Cardinal first in order and seniority asks the elected person for his consent saying: Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?
Western powers, particularly the United States, had been pushing Karzai to accept the final election results in order to ensure Afghanistan has a legitimate government, particularly as Washington considers beefing up its military presence there.
We urge all Kenyans to peacefully accept the results of the election.
"This violence is also about the poverty, the hunger, the disappointments in the society as much as it is with the refusal to accept the result of this election, " the CRC's Shehu Sani told the BBC.
However, since indicating he will accept public financing for the general election, he has returned nearly all of the money he has raised for it.
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Nearly a year ago, on 1 December, the then head of the UN peacekeeping mission, Young-Jin Choi, had a private one-hour discussion with Mr Gbagbo and warned him of the consequences if he refused to accept the outcome of the presidential election held three days earlier.
All the same, it says much about Israel's mood that a hardliner cruising for re-election feels the need to accept the principle of Palestinian statehood.
She has also had to accept that the infamous "0300 call" election advertisement was an empty, and unedifying, threat, which diminished her.
The game is suitable for anyone aged three or over, but as grown-ups are not exactly gripped by the election, it is hard to accept that kids will be either.
Speaking after his coalition's election victory, he urged all Malaysians to accept his coalition's victory but acknowledged there was work ahead.
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That they put their efforts into winning seats in last week's election further suggests Sunni leaders have come to accept that the way forward is through the ballot box, not bombs.
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With the Conservatives' General Election victory in 1992, people came to accept the inevitability of some form of constitutional reform which would prevent Tory domination of Scottish politics and the Scottish Office budget on the basis of electoral victory in England.
Clinton vetoed those reforms twice before the Republican Congress forced him to accept it by passing it a third time just before the election.
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Ministers in Mr Prescott's department accept that sorting out the issues involved will occupy them up to the next election.
County election workers were up in arms because Secretary of State Katherine Harris refused to accept their recount numbers after they missed the deadline at 5 p.m.
The governor has declined to accept matching funds for the primary, but has yet to make a decision on the general election.
The Liberal Democrats also say they will not accept the "Salisbury Doctrine" - the Convention ensures that major government bills mentioned in an election manifesto can get through when the government of the day has no majority in the Lords.
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Until today, firms that wanted to express political views near election time had to form a political action committee (PAC), clear many regulatory hurdles and accept only limited amounts of money from each donor.
After his election victory, Mr Uribe said he would approach the United Nations for help in persuading the rebels to accept a ceasefire as a prelude to peace talks.
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