This would put immense bargaining power in the hands of third parties for the runoffs.

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Without the Electoral College, we would need rules about runoffs if a candidate doesn't get 40% or 50% of the popular vote.

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Chemicals may be a low-margin game, but when you transform coal and other substances into liquid fuels there are huge chemical runoffs.

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Even with runoffs, smaller parties would have immense bargaining power.

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Without the Electoral College, we would need rules or a constitutional amendment to have runoffs if a candidate does not get, say, 40% or 50% of the popular vote.

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Quantities of sewage are poured into it daily, 95% of which is untreated, and it is also a depository for industrial effluents, chemicals from farm runoffs and arsenic and fluoride contamination.

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Runoffs will be held one week after each stage.

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The process is complicated and somewhat cumbersome, but it basically allows the accountants to calculate both the first round of voting and then any needed runoffs in a systematic and fair way.

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