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process but those were the rules of the game. >> in 1990, years before burgess's election, the department of justice sued to overturn georgia's runoffs system. jonathan, the assistant attorney general for civil rights said the system had a quote, demonstrably chilling effect on the ability of flex to become candidates for public office. calling the majority vote rule a quote, electoral steroid for white candidates. but the court didn't see it that way. >> what the federal courts that is at the justice department failed to offer sufficient proof and so they allowed runoffs to continue. >> not all runoff systems are rooted in racism. maine, for example, as a very small black population that it uses a ranked choice system that is effectively an instant runoff if no candidate reaches 50%. but if you look at the seven states that hold traditional runoff elections, if nobody