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• n  the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
• n  a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

• They retained two seats, and a runoff for another commission post will pit two Cuban-born candidates against each other.
• With an instinct for contrast, Los Angeles voters pared a passel of 24 politicians vying to replace Mayor Tom Bradley and picked two polar opposites for the June 8 runoff.
• Storm-water runoff also called urban runoff or runoff pollution is rainwater plus everything else it sucks up after hitting the ground: oil and grease from autos, emissions .

• overflow
• overspill

News & Articles

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• RUNOFF ELECTION: Races now up to voters
  It’s crunchtime — three men will make the cut to help lead San Angelo in Saturday’s runoff election.
  June 14, 2013 - The San Angelo Standard-Times
• Runoff candidate raises 10 times more than incumbent
  In the runoff for Victoria City Council Super District 5, one candidate is taking the lead as far as campaign contributions are concerned.
  June 13, 2013 - The Victoria Advocate
• Stormwater runoff from rural areas not part of state regulation
  Adams County's state stormwater permit doesn't require the county to regulate much stormwater runoff in rural areas, federal officials told members of the county's stormwater management task force Wednesday night.
  June 13, 2013 - Denver Post

Quotes

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• Nelson Chamisa in FOXNews
  We are not going to accept the so-called runoff. It is going to be a 'run-over' of Zimbabwe. People are going to be killed,Chamisa said. "We are not so naive a leadership to lead our people to slaughter."
• Ban Ki-moon in Africasia
  I would strongly discourage authorities from going ahead with the runoff (vote) Friday,Ban told reporters. "It would only deepen the divisions within the country and produce results that cannot be credible."
• Condoleezza Rice in Africasia
  The Mugabe regime cannot be considered legitimate in the absence of a runoff,Rice said.