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  2. Ranked-choice voting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ranked-choice voting (RCV) can refer to one of several ranked voting methods used in some cities and states in the United States. The term is not strictly defined, but most often refers to instant-runoff voting (IRV) or single transferable vote (STV), the main difference being whether only one winner or multiple winners are elected.

  3. Ranked voting - Wikipedia

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    Plurality voting is the most common voting system, and has been in widespread use since the earliest democracies.As plurality voting has exhibited weaknesses from its start, especially as soon as a third party joins the race, some individuals turned to transferable votes (facilitated by contingent ranked ballots) to reduce the incidence of wasted votes and unrepresentative election results.

  4. Ranked‐choice voting - Wikipedia

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    Ranked-choice voting (RCV), preferential voting (PV), or the alternative vote (AV), is a multi-round elimination rule based on first-past-the-post. In academic contexts, the system is generally called instant-runoff voting (IRV) to avoid conflating it with other methods of ranked voting in general.

  5. What is ranked-choice voting? These states will use it in the ...

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    Ranked-choice voting or RCV is a system that only some states and counties use, but there's a growing push to implement it in wider U.S. elections. ... Ranked choice voting explained: How it'll ...

  6. What is ranked choice voting and how do I do it? - AOL

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    Ranked choice voting is different from “plurality voting,” in which the candidate who gets the most votes wins, even if they didn’t receive a majority. With plurality voting, “you can have ...

  7. What is ranked-choice voting? Why it's on the ballot in ... - AOL

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    Ranked choice voting, on the other hand, would allow someone to rank any of those candidates in order of whichever one they prefer. For instance, one voter could prefer the Green Party candidate ...

  8. Ranked-choice voting - Wikipedia

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    Ranked-choice voting may be used as a synonym for: Ranked voting, a term used for any voting system in which voters are asked to rank candidates in order of preference; Instant-runoff voting (IRV), a specific ranked voting system with single-winner districts; Single transferable vote (STV), a specific ranked voting system with multi-winner ...

  9. EDITORIAL: Explainer: Ranked choice voting - AOL

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    Jan. 5—Secretary of State Mac Warner recently released an op-ed taking a stance against ranked choice voting. Which is fine—except that he made some misleading claims. For our part, we're ...