Re: OT: For information only !
From: | Doug Dee <amateurlinguist@...> |
Date: | Monday, June 14, 2004, 23:26 |
In a message dated 6/14/2004 4:54:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:
>No, you're right, but presidential elections are somewhat wonky and
>special-cased. The run-off rule applies to most, if not all, other
>elections, at the federal, state, and local levels.
"Most" is an exaggeration. I don't have figures, but this page:
http://www.opednews.com/HIll1103CA_recall_message.htm
for example, says that "several southern states and many cities hold
two-round runoffs ", implying that most other states don't.
I've never seen a runoff in New York or New Jersey, though I can't swear we
don't have them.
Doug