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re: Jim Clyburn Says Requiring Black Candidates to Win 50% Dilutes the Black Vote
Posted on 2/25/14 at 6:29 am to GumboPot
Posted on 2/25/14 at 6:29 am to GumboPot
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One of them, he said, is the state law that requires a candidate to win 50 percent plus one of the votes cast in a primary election. Often, that requirement forces black candidates into runoff elections that are harder to win, he said.
$1000 cyber dollars says this law was passed by Democrats.
I wonder what Clyburn would say about removing any party affiliation details from a ballot?
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