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To: scrabblehack

Hmm...it appears that MA does have runoffs for primaries; I do find any provision for a runoff in the general election. Indeed, it looks like Romney got only 49.77% of the total vote, even if it was 51% of the enrolled party vote.

Republican Mitt Romney 1,091,988 49.77
Democratic Shannon O’Brien 985,981 44.94
Green-Rainbow Jill Stein 76,530 3.49
Libertarian Carla Howell 23,044 1.05
Independent Barbara C. Johnson 15,335 0.70
Write-in All others 1,301 0.06


21 posted on 10/11/2007 2:37:55 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

I meant I do not find any provision for a general election runoff.


22 posted on 10/11/2007 2:41:35 AM PDT by scrabblehack
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To: scrabblehack

Primary runoffs are only in TX, OK, AR, LA (called general election), MS, AL, GA, and SC, plus NC if no one gets 40 percent. There have never been runoffs in party primaries outside of the South.


31 posted on 10/11/2007 11:07:58 AM PDT by Theodore R. ( Cowardice is still forever!)
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