Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Kentucky Senate Panel Votes Down Gubernatorial Runoff
The Senate State and Local Government Committee unanimously voted to eliminate the runoff in gubernatorial primaries, a system that has never been used but was close to becoming a reality in 2007.
The system, which requires the top two candidates to face off five weeks after the primary if no candidate received more than 40 percent of the vote, could potentially cost counties millions of dollars, advocates for the repeal said. Gov. Steve Beshear received 41 percent of the votes in the 2007 Democratic primary narrowly averting the need for a runoff.
( Courtesy of Kentucky General Assembly Website)
The system, which requires the top two candidates to face off five weeks after the primary if no candidate received more than 40 percent of the vote, could potentially cost counties millions of dollars, advocates for the repeal said. Gov. Steve Beshear received 41 percent of the votes in the 2007 Democratic primary narrowly averting the need for a runoff.
( Courtesy of Kentucky General Assembly Website)
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