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- By 2004, 20% did so, and in the 2006 congressional elections, nearly one-quarter of all votes came from early voters.
- CFLs cost three to five times as much as conventional incandescent bulbs yet use one-quarter the electricity and last several years longer.
- By November, when the flu season normally begins, the companies will have produced only about one-quarter of the 215 million doses originally expected.