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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by esoterica on Friday January 17, 2020 @07:41PM (#22081277)
How is a jungle primary different from no primary and a free for-all-election with a run-off? Is the latter also corrupt?
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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by dragonwriter on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:18AM (#22082924)
>How is a jungle primary different from no primary and a free for-all-election with a run-off?

Majority/runoff with no primary would mean if a candidate gets an absolute majority on the first ballot, they win. You can't win at the primary in the jungle primary.

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