Re: Dykes Medal

	This seems so fair, I wonder why it is not being done now?  How many
	people (judges, only?) vote for the Dykes?

	Ellen (some snow has melted and I can see the tops of plant markers
                in some areas but the back garden where the Japanese live
		is still knee-deep in snow)


On Mar 18 Mar 1996 Lbaumunk@aol.com wrote:

>(snip) 
>
> It is a principle of fair electioneering that when no candidate receives a
> majority of votes a runoff election should take place between the top two
> finishers.  For example, if there are 3 candidates, A, B1, and B2, and A gets
> 40% of the vote, B1 gets 30% and B2 gets 20%, a runoff election will give
> those who voted for B2 a chance to show they would prefer B1 to A.
> 
> A runoff would truly give a non TB a chance to win the Dykes.
> 
> -Lowell Baumunk
>
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