"When a run on the banks was starting, there was not much they could do,"

VOA: special.2009.04.26

A candidate needs more than fifty percent of the vote to avoid a run-off election.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Gingrich,by the way, is one of a growing number of prominent Republicans considering a run for president in 2012.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

If election authorities invalidate enough ballots to bring President Karzai's total below a majority then he and Abdullah would face each other in a run-off.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

President Karzai has more than enough to avoid a run-off election against challenger Abdullah Abdullah.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

There have been concerns expressed that a run-off election cannot safely be held in the coming weeks because of security threats and oncoming winter weather.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

If no candidate receives more than half of the total votes a run-off between the two top contenders is to be held in early October.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

"I should rule it out, because I am ready to go for a run-off,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

As none of the candidates are likely to receive an outright majority, a run-off ballot is expected between the two remaining top contenders on April 5.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

One side of his face is hideously scarred - the result of a run-in with a Civil War veteran from the other side, the truly bad Quentin Turnbull.

VOA: standard.2010.06.20

Clinton and other U.S.officials are not saying that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accepted a run-off vote that could ease doubts about the fairness of the electoral process.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Kerry,during a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is credited with playing a key role in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a run-off election, following wide-spread corruption that tainted the initial contest in August.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Clinton's comments came after United Nations-backed fraud investigators invalidated results from more than 200 polling stations in Afghanistan's August 20th election, which meant that incumbent President Karzai had dropped below the 50 percent vote threshold needed to avoid a run-off.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19