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dent, senator, governor and deputy must be counted
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 a position their votes for any lower position on 
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lected to the offices of senator and governor conc
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tizen (such as a judge or electoral commissioner) 
who is ineligible for elected office.{{br{}{L{I{{b
r{}{L{I700.082 PRESIDENTIAL MAJORITY If the Democh
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id not, at the last stage of the Demochoice count,
 have more than half of the votes cast, then the E
C is to conduct a runoff election between the two 
leading candidates at the the last stage of the co
unt on the next Saturday following election day.{{
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rence votes for all candidates by 1 more than the 
number of vacancies to be filled and by increasing
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th Wales. The schedule is available at http://www.
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te who did not, at the last stage of the Demochoic
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e of the count on the next Saturday following elec
tion day.{{br{}{L{I{{br{}{L{I21 If a candidate is 
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e, their seat in the National Assembly{L{Imust be 
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