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To: GeronL

I haven’t heard anything about a possible need for a runoff, so maybe Alaska law doesn’t require it. It varies from one state to another, and I believe that in most states the winning candidate is the one with the most votes, not necessarily requiring a candidate to have a majority of the votes. This was how Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota a while back even though he only got something like 36% of the popular vote.


6 posted on 11/03/2010 6:53:53 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark.")
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To: Alberta's Child

Okay, I read somewhere that if they didn’t get 40% there would be one.

Or maybe only if Miller won. /s


10 posted on 11/03/2010 10:34:41 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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