The coalition distributed 45 million guides in 1996.

In last year's elections, the coalition distributed 45 million voter guides in 125,000 churches.

The coalition distributed 100,000 pamphlets to tell women about their choices.

A voter guide that the coalition distributed - 40 million copies - was in form nonpartisan.

The coalition has distributed more than 60,000 leaflets asking riders to call Mr. Pataki's office and has collected 1,500 signatures on an online petition.

In 1990, the commission asserts, the coalition coordinated with the re-election campaign of Senator Helms, a North Carolina Republican, to distribute 750,000 voter guides in the state and make about 29,800 telephone calls in a get-out-the-vote effort.

At the service, the coalition distributed questionnaires asking relatives whether they wanted the entire 16 acres devoted to a memorial or favored a smaller monument surrounded by businesses.

Mr. Bogsted said that by Election Day, the coalition had distributed 175,000 guides to 150 churches.

James Lisante, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in West Hempstead, let the coalition distribute the voters' guides in his parish.

The coalition also has distributed posters with Mr. Gupco's picture on them, asking to be informed if anyone sees him in a Hispanic neighborhood.