Compared with the old system, which often required a separate run-off election, ranked choice also saves money.

与通常要求另外的决选的旧体系相比，优先选择投票制也可以达到减少开支的目的。

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

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

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Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband told British radio he believes Afghanistan's run-off election will go well.

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Another incumbent fell by the wayside when Cynthia McKinney lost her primary run-off election.

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On off election years, that money should be donated to local, state, and national parties to carry on business.

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If no such clear winner emerges on the first ballot, however, the two leading vote-getters will face a run-off election.

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