Reply #37: Lets use some real world numbers...

[fob]

From 2002 election (http://vote2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/gov/00.htm)
There were 7,326,133 votes for governor. Gray Davis won with 47.4% of the vote, or 3,469,025 votes.

In that election each candidate faced the same question, Who do you want for governor?, and each candidate had the same burden, get the most votes. Bill Simon got 42.4% or 3,105,477 votes, not bad but still a loser.

In the recall election for Gray Davis to win (will assume the same amount of voters, practical or not) would need 3,663,067 (50 % plus 1 vote). However, with an assumption of 8 other candidates, the winner would need only 915,767 votes(12.5% plus one vote)! That's FEWER than required for the recall in the first place.

To the extreme, Davis could get 50% LESS 1 vote (3,663,066) and with 10 to 20 or more candidates the "winner" could have as few as 45,000 votes or 5% plus one vote!

In essence the recall says that one candidate,DAVIS, may have to get from 10 to 100 times the votes of the other candidates to win.

Also in a special election, in a non-prez election year, the total voters will most likely be far less than #'s used above, making it even more of a farce.

I DON'T RECALL! VOTE NO ON RECALL!

Go Gray "Bengal Tiger" Davis!