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Primary election runoff plan could be expensive, experimental
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| Contributor | SC Moose |
| Last Edited | SC Moose Mar 07, 2006 03:25pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, March 7, 2006 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The state Senate's solution for avoiding a federal legal challenge to the June 13 primary could cost taxpayers more money to pay for two runoffs while putting the state on a little-worn path to instant runoffs.
On Thursday, the Senate gave second reading to a bill moves federal runoffs back to four weeks after the primary, two weeks after state and local runoffs are held. The bill also allows overseas voters to rank candidate picks in a form of instant runoff now used only by Louisiana and Arkansas.
While four of the past five federal election cycles since 1996 did prompt runoffs, legislators bet this year's federal races won't because all the U.S. House races this year have incumbents seeking re-election. Neither of the state's U.S. senators are on the ballot.
"It was a gamble, but it was a gamble I was willing to take," said Sen. Larry Martin, R-Pickens |
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