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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by pyuser583 on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @08:37PM (#31676302)
A recent county wide election was dead even. They flipped a coin to determine the winner.
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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by kevinmchugh on Thursday June 09, 2022 @12:29AM (#31677561)
People _hate_ this but it's as fair as anything and probably okay whenever the vote tally is very tight. There are solutions to this, in rcv (or runoffs period) or proportional representation
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Re:Former U.S. congressman, operative pleads guilty to elect... by pyuser583 on Thursday June 09, 2022 @09:14AM (#31680770)
The position was for county coroner. I don’t think proportional representation would have helped.

What is rcv? How would runoff’s help if there are only two candidates?

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