This eliminates concerns about vote - splitting and spoilers, allowing more open elections with more than two viable candidates. (politics.stackexchange.com)
The most likely event that could crack open the election would be a crisis in.... (firstthings.com)
Assembly Democrats had announced that they would appoint Morelle as interim speaker and hold open elections for the post on February 10, but with Heastie rapidly amassing a majority of votes, that plan is now in question, and a full vote could come sooner. (wrvo.org)