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  2. Score voting - Wikipedia

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    Score voting is used to elect candidates who represent parties in Latvia's Saeima (parliament) in an open list system. [10]The selection process for the Secretary-General of the United Nations uses a variant on a three-point scale ("Encourage", "Discourage", and "No Opinion"), with permanent members of the United Nations Security Council holding a veto over any candidate.

  3. Rated voting - Wikipedia

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    On a rated ballot, the voter may rate each choice independently. An approval voting ballot does not require ranking or exclusivity. Rated, evaluative, [1] [2] graded, [1] or cardinal voting rules are a class of voting methods that allow voters to state how strongly they support a candidate, [3] by giving each one a grade on a separate scale.

  4. 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.

  5. Comparison of voting rules - Wikipedia

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    (Passing the ranked MC is denoted by "yes" in the table below, because it implies also passing the following:) Rated majority criterion, in which only an option which is uniquely given a perfect rating by a majority must win. The ranked and rated MC are synonymous for ranked voting methods, but not for rated or graded ones.

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

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    Eighteen states allow ranked-choice voting in some capacity, according to Ballotpedia. Hawaii, Alaska and Maine use it in certain federal and statewide elections. Virginia’s state law allows for ...

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

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    Some states have adopted ranked choice voting. Here's what you need to know.

  8. Instant-runoff voting - Wikipedia

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    Instant-runoff voting (IRV; US: ranked-choice voting (RCV), AU: preferential voting, UK/NZ: alternative vote) is a single-winner, multi-round elimination rule that uses ranked voting to simulate a series of runoff elections. In each round, the candidate with the fewest first-preferences (among the remaining candidates) is eliminated. This ...

  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 ...