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And the 99th winning is why such a system would *not* be acceptable. The winner has to get the *majority* of the votes cast, not just more than any other candidate. That 99th candidate may hsave more votes *for* him that the other 98, but he's got 98 million voters who *don't* want him and only 2 million who do.

That's simply not a viable system.

If we are going to have more than two choices, we need a voting system that lets voters list candidates in order of preference. Not necessarily the Australiam system, but one of the several systems in use that *do* allow for such things.