"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
.. .
| no majority is
| necessary -- will take over as governor immediately and serve the
| remaining
| three years of Davis' term.
|
| Always amazes me when I see a line like this, the voter turnout is
| consistently so poor in this country that candidates are put in power with
| votes from the minority of the population

Why does this amaze you? Countries with extremely high voter turnouts are
invariably oppressive regimes like Soviet Russia, Iraq, or Nazi Germany.