In 1973, Gaullists and their allies retained an absolute majority in the second ballot of the French general election.
Why can't the workers have the same right to make that same decision, either to have a secret ballot or majority sign it?
The concept is simple: If no candidate receives a majority on the initial ballot, then the top two vote-getters face off in a run-off.
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This morning, Republican leaders were still expressing confidence that Gingrich would win re-election, although nine Republicans voting differently would prevent the speaker from receiving a majority and force another ballot.
That decision must still be ratified by a two-thirds majority in a postal ballot of Reform's 65, 000 members in March, but it looks as if Mr Manning's plan has soared over its first hurdle.
African-American candidates also won down-ballot races with majority white support, casting a blow to the notion that New Orleans politics and culture are mired in racial tension.
After the 30th ballot, only an absolute majority was needed for a valid election.
At the time, the vast majority of cases concerned the provision of ballot access to black voters in Southern states.
Analysts say Syriza could be hoping for another election after one opinion poll put them in first position in any new ballot, albeit without an overall majority.
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Mr Gauck, a non-partisan civil rights campaigner put forward by the centre left, appeared close to tears as his supporters applauded his result in the third ballot, which needed a simple majority.
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If a majority opts for this odd feature of the Russian ballot paper, the poll becomes invalid.
In Texas, a federal judge has ruled that former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay must keep his name on the ballot for Congress in November.
The winner must capture a majority, so if no one wins on the first ballot, the person who gets the least votes drops out and the others compete for that member's supporters.
During that interim, Congress would be welcome to draft a super-majority counter-plan that would be listed on the same final ballot.
His opposition alliance won the popular vote, securing 50% of the ballot by pledging to remove race-based quotas for the majority but poorer ethnic-Malay community in this mostly Muslim country of 28 million.
In the latest polling, a majority of voters do, in fact, favour putting the decision on a ballot, although their support has been declining.
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He received 387 votes in the secret ballot, taking him over the 336 votes needed to secure an absolute majority.
The majority of the protestors were in that under-30 age group that is turning away from the ballot box in such numbers that it is worrying to the mainstream political parties.
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