MPs will prevent Mr Clarke's name from appearing on the final ballot, and that party members will then choose whoever else ends up as the alternative to Mr Portillo.

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Mr Clarke's supporters are especially indignant at the thought that their man, the one most ordinary party members are thought to want, might not make it to the final ballot.

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But he also knows he will have a fight on his hands to get through to the crucial final ballot of the contest.

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During that interim, Congress would be welcome to draft a super-majority counter-plan that would be listed on the same final ballot.

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It needs just one-quarter of lawmakers to pass again and move on to the ballot for final approval.

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The politician defeated Peter Roffey in the final round of voting, held as a secret ballot in the States.

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More than half of the 1.9 million British people who applied for tickets in the first public ballot opted for the evening athletics session on 5 August, which includes the men's 100m final and the women's 400m final.

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The ballot, in which 1.1 million people were eligible to vote, marks the final stage of a programme to restore civilian rule.

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Gore's side also asked Lewis to nullify the Tuesday certification of the statewide ballot, allow counties to continue manual recounts and to ask Harris to hold off on final certification after counties submit recounts.

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