The harmony crumbled this week, as several cases were decided by one or two votes.
Russia was selected ahead of co-bidders Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium and England, which won only two votes.
Between them, the two votes have flung a large spanner in Mr Uribe's programme.
It gives the voter two votes: one for prime minister, the other for a party.
Two votes were cast for former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and three for Texas Congressman Ron Paul.
Bangladesh came within two votes of being granted Test status the last time the issue was discussed.
Bill Longmore faces two votes of no confidence from councils, which urged him to reconsider the decision.
After weeks of debate, the state House restored the death penalty by a razor-thin margin: two votes.
The amendment was passed unanimously in two votes of the Senate, after being approved by the lower house as well.
Juror Salvador Ruiz, a retired truck driver, said the panel's first two votes were split 10-2 in favor of conviction.
Prodi has faced two votes of confidence in just 20 months in office, leaving businesses clueless about what could happen next.
In the event that any Republicans would vote against repeal, they could use an extra one or two votes for safe keeping.
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He added it was "an insult to our intelligence to suggest Scots voters" were unable to deal with two votes on one day.
After all, when Israelis went to the polls just over a year ago, they cast two votes, electing both a prime minister and a parliament.
He wants to replace single districts with a chamber that is partly chosen from districts and partly through proportional representation, each elector having two votes.
In principle, that means that it could die in the Senate next week, since the Democrats are currently two votes short of a filibuster-proof majority there.
The grants of immunity required a two-thirds vote by the committee, and so Republicans needed to pick up at least two votes from Democrats on the committee.
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The party was narrowly defeated in several other electoral divisions, most notably losing by just two votes - after two recounts - in St Leonards and St Ives.
That could mean just a couple of votes on your block, just a single vote in an apartment building, just one or two votes in a college dorm.
While that surge of goodwill for stats has helped drive the quants' interest in the Oscars, the forecasters say the two votes are more different than they are alike.
Mr Oaten had been at the centre of a dramatic election re-run in November 1997, after the May poll, which had declared him the winner by just two votes.
Points of order followed Mr Bercow's remarks, and two votes were held on regulations relating to terms and conditions of employment, and employment tribunals - which the government won by 90 and 91 votes, respectively.
Ireland's Jamie Heaslip (two votes) and Wales' Andy Powell appear to be front-runners for the number eight jersey, though Wood believes Irishman Denis Leamy, who saw limited Six Nations action, "could end up at number eight".
The Lib Dems won the seat by two votes at the general election, but a re-run has been decreed by the courts because ballot papers that would have altered the outcome were disqualified on technical grounds.
In the front row, Ireland's Jerry Flannery and Scotland's Ross Ford both get two votes apiece at hooker alongside loose-head Jenkins, while another Scot, Euan Murray, is favourite to start at tight-head prop , with only Davies differing.
They are also demanding changes to the electoral law approved by parliament in July 2012, which increased the number of seats to 150 and gave the electorate two votes - one for a district representative and one for national-level lists that include political parties - replacing the single non-transferable vote.
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