Elk Grove News Minute - A cozy little system for incumbents
During Elk Grove's 23 years of cityhood, city council members and mayors often have been elected without reaching 50 percent. Listen ...
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What happened to majority rules? The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "kratos" meaning power; so democracy can be thought of as "power of the people": a way of governing which depends on the will of the people. I would argue if a candidate does not have 51% of the vote, we really don't have a true democracy.
Expect more of the same. EG residents are not electing representatives, they are electing egocentrists!
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