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  2. Runoff voting - Wikipedia

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    Runoff voting can refer to: Sequential-loser methods based on plurality voting: Two-round system, a voting system where only the top two candidates from the first round continue to the second round. Instant-runoff voting, an electoral system where last-place candidates are eliminated one by one until only one candidate is left.

  3. Condorcet winner criterion - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the option of paying off the debt is the beats-all winner, because repaying debt is more popular than the other two options. But, it is worth noting that such a winner will not always exist. In this case, tournament solutions search for the candidate who is closest to being an undefeated champion.

  4. Two-round system - Wikipedia

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    The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), also called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality (as originally termed in French [1]), is a single winner voting method. It is sometimes called plurality-runoff , [ 2 ] although this term can also be used for other, closely-related systems such as instant-runoff (or ranked-choice) voting or the ...

  5. Low turnout, added costs and Jim Crow roots: why does NC ...

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    Here, a runoff can be called if no candidate wins more than 30% of the vote — but it doesn’t happen automatically. The second-place candidate has to request a runoff to set the wheels in motion.

  6. Ranked‐choice voting - Wikipedia

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    In academic contexts, the system is generally called instant-runoff voting (IRV) to avoid conflating it with other methods of ranked voting in general. The rule works by simulating a series of primary and runoff elections, where the last-place finisher according to a plurality vote is eliminated in each round.

  7. What's an election runoff? Why are runoffs necessary? Here's ...

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    With Election Day over, here's what Georgia voters need to know about runoff elections for this year's primary.

  8. Remember, the U.S. doesn’t have to pay off all its debt, and ...

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    But debt as a percentage of G.D.P. was way down, thanks to growth and inflation." Of course, the U.S. must still keep up with interest payments and maturing Treasury bonds, and the cost of ...

  9. Electoral reform - Wikipedia

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    Reforms can include changes to: Voting systems, such as adoption of proportional representation, Single transferable voting,a two-round system (runoff voting), instant-runoff voting (alternative voting, ranked-choice voting, or preferential voting), Instant Round Robin Voting called Condorcet Voting, range voting, approval voting, citizen initiatives and referendums and recall elections.