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To: Jill who wrote (12809)11/8/2000 9:27:21 AM
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In several states neither leading candidate received over 50% of the vote. I think a candidate should receive a minimum of 50% plus 1 vote before being declared the winner. If there is no winner in a given jurisdiction, there should be a run-off election between between the 2 leading candidates.

Living in Chicago I have seen cases where the second best candidate won the election because the best candidate had votes sucked off by a third (or fourth) party candidate and there was no provision for a run-off.

In many countries around the world where they do not have a prevailing two-party system (and instead have 3 to 10 candidates and parties in an election) - a run-off election between the two top vote getting candidates is exactly what they have once that nation embraces a democracy.
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