Sentence examples for vote to avoid from inspiring English sources

The winning candidate must win 55percentt of the vote to avoid a runoff.

A candidate needs at least 25percentt of the vote to avoid a runoff.

Presidential candidates need more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff.

The Georgia race is tighter'n a banjo string; the incumbent Republican, Saxby Chambliss, has 49.9% of the vote and needs 50% (plus one vote) to avoid a runoff.

By holding primaries in which one candidate has to win over half the vote to avoid a second round, many states in America operate a variant of AV.

A candidate needs to win more than 50percentt of the vote to avoid a runoff, which must be held by the first week of June.

Whereas four years ago he won comfortably, with 55% of the vote in the first round, it is uncertain this time whether he will get the required 50%-plus-one-vote to avoid a run-off.

After discussion, directors unanimously voted to avoid the lawsuit.

But she needed sixty votes to avoid a filibuster.

She did not win enough votes to avoid a runoff, though.

A candidate would have to receive more than 50percentt of the votes to avoid a runoff.