LaToya, 53, the sister of superstar Michael Jackson, was the first out as part of a double-eviction vote.
In the last election, in 2000, the Alliance won 25.5% of the vote, double that of the Progressive Conservatives.
Our correspondent says the large number of spoiled ballots - about 6% of the total vote, well over double the number of votes cast for the third-placed candidate, Musailia Mudavadi - has become a major bone of contention.
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.
So will the Lib Dem rebels vote for Lord Owen's "double scrutiny" - or will they be restrained by the internal dealings of the coalition?
But they know the political costs would be huge - there would be the double whammy of breaking a promise and hitting the grey vote where it hurts.
But according to the exit polls, Edwards and Kerry virtually split the black vote in that state -- both drawing roughly double the minority support of the Rev.
With Dean getting only 22 percent of the vote when all nine candidates are listed (more than double the second-place challenger), it is tempting to assume that nearly eight in 10 registered Democrats don't want Dean as their party's standard-bearer.
The vanishing Coleman vote came during a week in which election officials are obliged to double-check their initial results.
And others were arguing if she wasn't in double digits, if she was in single digits, then Barack Obama ate into her base of vote, and there's a legitimate argument for her to get out.
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