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...system, known as instant-runoff voting, has also been endorsed by most communities in Vermont. In Utah, where 40 candidates are vying for three congressional seats, the Republican Party decided to use instant runoffs at its May 11 convention to nominate candidates for the state's G.O.P. primary. And in heavily Republican Alaska--where Democratic Governor Tony Knowles was elected in 1994 by a mere 536 votes in a four-way race--voters will decide in August whether to adopt the instant-runoff system for nearly all its state offices...
Third parties support instant-runoff voting because they believe it will dispel the notion that a vote for their candidates is wasted. "It would make voters feel better about themselves, make the election more meaningful, draw more voters to the polls," says John Anderson, the 1980 third-party candidate for President. Other reformers argue that it is a truer expression of voter will than runoff elections, which are costly and typically attract a much smaller voter turnout. San Francisco approved the change after last year's runoff for city attorney drew an abysmally low 16.6% of registered voters...
...Democratic Change (MDC) published a report to back up its charges that the recent presidential election was "massively" rigged. The 200-page document details discrepancies between the figures recorded at polling stations and those announced by the government. The document supports the MDC's demand for an election runoff, claiming that more than 430,000 votes were missing or improperly cast...
...found underwater. With more than 200 islands and countless reefs?many of which have yet to be explored?the Indian island chain harbors some of the most diverse marine life in South Asian waters. Unlike Asian reefs decimated by dynamite and cyanide fishing and eroded by toxic runoff, Andaman coral thrives. A recent Reefwatch Marine Conservation survey found that the reefs were spared the worldwide coral cull caused by the El Ni??o...
...François Mitterrand to foil an earlier Chirac bid in 1988. Back then, Mitterrand remained regally above the fray until four weeks before the election, when he launched a blistering campaign focused on a united France. Mitterrand trounced Chirac with 54% of the vote in the second round runoff, the biggest presidential majority of the past two decades. But Chirac's scheme went out the window two weeks ago when fresh polls showed him and Jospin running neck and neck. Chirac's dilemma was complicated by the return of Didier Schuller, who gave himself up to magistrates investigating alleged...