At almost every level of government in the United States, a candidate does not have to win the majority of votes to win an election; instead a candidate wins based on a of votes.

plurality

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At almost every level of government in the United States, a candidate does not have to win the majority of votes to win an election; instead a candidate wins based on a plurality of votes.  Plurality vote in the United States require a candidate to get more votes than competing candidates and not more than half of all votes cast as in the case of majority vote system

abraham lincoln issued the preliminary emancipation proclamation on september 22nd, 1862. it stipulated that if the southern states did not cease their rebellion by january 1st, 1863, then proclamation would go into effect.

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