The remaining 14 are awarded proportionately with a 20 percent qualifying threshold, although they convert to winner-take-all if one candidate achieves a majority.
As I've mentioned previously, I'd be especially cautious about polls conducted in the 24 or 48 hours after a candidate achieves a big "win" in a primary or in a debate, especially if it is an automated survey.
The directors of HealthSouth, which runs a chain of hospitals and clinics, approved a change in its bylaws that will oblige it to reimburse shareholders who mount a proxy contest for the expense involved provided that their candidate achieves at least 40% of the vote.
The voting may go beyond the first round if no candidate achieves better than 50percentt of the vote, but Ossoff is currently polling at around 40percentt ― far better than any of the Republicans in the race.
The county prefects, city and town mayors are elected to four-year terms by a majority of votes cast within applicable local government units, with a runoff election if no candidate achieves a majority in the first round of voting.
A tie! As those of you who paid attention in social studies class will remember, if no candidate achieves 270 electoral votes, the decision is thrown to the newly elected House of Representatives.
