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If no one gets a majority on the first go, the second choices of those who favoured the person in last place are doled out until somebody does.
In the system, used in some European countries, voters rank candidates in order of preference; if no candidate receives 50percentt of the vote, the second choices of voters whose first choices were eliminated are counted.
If no candidate gets more than 50% of first-preference votes, the second choices of those who supported the weakest candidate are redistributed repeatedly until one gets an absolute majority.
But, he adds, imagine America had had ranked choice in 2000, when neither George Bush junior nor Al Gore won a majority; the second choices of Ralph Nader's supporters would have picked the winner.
If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the one with the least number of first-place votes is dropped, and the second choices of those who had picked that eliminated candidate are redistributed.
The second choices of those who backed losing candidates will be added to their totals, to produce a winner.The "supplementary vote" has never mattered much before in London, where Mr Livingstone has won the past two elections comfortably.
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I would have had to stay in Scotland and do a second choice of subject".
If primary authentication succeeds, they are offered a second choice of authentication method.
Compared to Social Network, Black Swan would likely be the second choice of exceedingly few Oscar voters.
The King's Speech - second choice of fans of Toy Story 3, 127 Hours and The Fighter The Social Network - second choice of fans of Inception and The Kids Are All Right Black Swan - second choice of fans of True Grit and Winter's Bone.
1– 5 These recommendations list the first and second choice of treatment.
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