Comments on: Georgia Libertarian Showing Probably Results in Need for U.S. Senate Runoff http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/georgia-libertarian-probably-results-in-need-for-us-senate-runoff/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=203 By: Steve Rankin http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/05/georgia-libertarian-probably-results-in-need-for-us-senate-runoff/comment-page-1/#comment-563946 Steve Rankin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:50:41 +0000 http://www.ballot-access.org/?p=4269#comment-563946 For statewide constitutional offices, Mississippi requires that a candidate (1) get 50%-plus of the vote, and (2) carry a majority of the 122 state House districts. If both criteria are not met, the state House chooses between the top two vote-getters in January. It's worth noting that, when no candidate for governor of Vermont gets 50%-plus of the popular vote, the governor is elected by a joint session of both houses of the legislature. I had first thought that, in Washington state's "top two" for state and congressional offices, 50%-plus is required to win. But then I remembered that Washington allows write-in votes in the final election. For statewide constitutional offices, Mississippi requires that a candidate (1) get 50%-plus of the vote, and (2) carry a majority of the 122 state House districts. If both criteria are not met, the state House chooses between the top two vote-getters in January.

It’s worth noting that, when no candidate for governor of Vermont gets 50%-plus of the popular vote, the governor is elected by a joint session of both houses of the legislature.

I had first thought that, in Washington state’s “top two” for state and congressional offices, 50%-plus is required to win. But then I remembered that Washington allows write-in votes in the final election.

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