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Eliminating live electors was recommended by a 1992 panel commissioned by the Center for the Study of the Presidency. The panel also argued for an electoral-vote presidential run-off if no candidate gains an electoral majority. (In that event, under today's system, the House picks the President. Each state's delegation gets one vote, and a candidate needs a majority of the states to be elected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electoral College Debate: Election 2000: The Hidden Beauty Of The System | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...riverways may be getting the brunt of the abuse. Among the world's largest - and most traveled - waterways, the Yellow River (China), the Colorado River (U.S.) and the segment of the Nile River that runs into the Mediterranean (Africa) are in terrible shape, due mostly to agricultural and industrial run-off, as well as increased rates of evaporation. On the bright(er) side, the relatively sheltered Amazon (South America) and Congo (sub-Saharan Africa) are looking pretty robust. For the moment, anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And a Stinking, Dried-Up River Runs Through It | 11/29/1999 | See Source »

While its Mexican neighbors to the north took part in their first presidential primary Sunday, Guatemalan voters took part in the first election since the country's long-running civil war ended in 1996. The result? There will be a run-off in December, since no candidate gained a majority. During the country's 36-year civil war, voters, particularly rural peasants, were intimidated away from voting booths by gun-toting soldiers. As a result, the ruling party has long been the urban- and military-friendly National Advancement Party. While one U.N. peacekeeper monitoring the elections said the elections took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Guatemala, Election Ends in Stalemate | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

After hundreds of ballots, four pizzas, two run-off elections and only one uncontested election, the Undergraduate Council's Student Affairs Committee (SAC) concluded elections to fill positions on ten student-Faculty committees Tuesday night...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SAC Fills Committee Vacancies | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...election to the Committee on College Life drew the most candidates and required a run-off to decide the last spot. Sterling P. Darling '01, Benjamin A. Rahn '99 and Chad A. Wathington '00 prevailed to take positions on the committee...

Author: By Peter D. Henninger, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SAC Fills Committee Vacancies | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

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