This is about giving rank-and-file voters a real choice in who their party's nominee will be.

There was no shortage of suggestions yesterday about things Mr. Lazio had done wrong, from politicians and rank-and-file voters.

Although many of Shas's leaders are moderates, the party's rank-and-file voters are largely conservative.

Polls show that rank-and-file conservative voters are split.

Other prominent blacks and rank-and-file black voters around the country seem to be taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the Governor.

After that, Likud's Central Committee had no choice but to yield power to rank-and-file voters.

Even now, rank-and-file voters believe that Mr. Estrada is looking out for them.

But there's evidence that rank-and-file voters preferred Duffy.