3:54 PM
I always considered the "have to have 1 more candidate than spots" rule to be silly
if you have 2 spots and 2 candidates, then have an election anyway
and if they get a certain minimum of votes, tada, they're in
in my county there are some ballot elements for example that have to have some % (50%, 60%, etc.) of the total cast ballots voting yes, or they fail
so do same - 2 candidates, if both get at least 2/3 of the cast ballots as yes, they're in