In fact, the 1993 voter revolt did not result in any lasting changes in party procedures or the Japanese system.

Anger over the county's fiscal woes, which fueled a voter revolt that ended decades of Republican rule last November, does not seem to have abated.

Surely, financial scandals and the rising cost of living contribute to voter revolt over school taxes.

"That set the stage for a voter revolt," Mr. Parise said.

Of course, you can't change the actual tax rate, which is set by state or local statutes, short of staging a voter revolt.

"Barring some sort of voter revolt, it's Louisville's to lose," Palm said.

The ultimate check on Republican nihilism would be voter revolt.

The voter revolt follows a year that saw more than 1,400 street protests and two violent coup attempts against the Government of Carlos Andres Perez.

He defeated the incumbent sheriff in a voter revolt against scandals that surrounded the Harrison County Sheriff's Department.

Municipal bond markets were stirred up by a voter revolt in Brevard County in Florida.