Reply #6: Why an "automatic runoff" rather than the automatic recount current law provides [View All]

[ProgressiveEconomist]

when the plarality margin is under half a percent (IIRC)?

Hand recounts cost 3 cents a ballot; how much would a runoff cost?

And would you exclude Barkley and write-ins from a runoff? Wouldn't that change the dynamics of the election entirely?

And what about turnout in a runoff? If turnoff drops dramatically from Election Day, why would the runoff be perceived as fairer than a hand recount of the original ballots?