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Tybee has used the plurality system for at least the last 50 years, according to the new City Clerk Fabian Mann. Other Chatham County municipalities such as Pooler, Port Wentworth and Thunderbolt ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia officials are discussing if they should change the voting system from a majority system, which requires candidates to get more than half of the vote to win an election.

The city uses a plurality system, meaning instead of individual races, voters pick from a pool of candidates and the people who get the most votes get the open seats.

Today, there are Republican candidates who can win a majority of independent voters, but because of the plurality system of primary elections used by both parties in the U.S., neither party always ...

EPISD elections could still face runoffs for the foreseeable future, after trustees narrowly rejected a proposal to discuss switching to a plurality vote system. The EPISD board of trustees voted ...

But in 2020, the plurality system is at best a drag on our democracy. As you likely know, plurality voting means that in any race with more than two candidates, winning doesn’t require a majority.

Sierra Leone’s health system has a lot of problems—it’s underfunded, understaffed, and underequipped. It’s now facing what could be the largest crisis in its history if the Ebola outbreak ...