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Ranked-choice voting is an electoral system that allows people to vote for multiple candidates, in order of preference. Instead of just choosing who you want to win, you fill out the ballot...
The following example from RCVis shows the actual results of an election using ranked-choice voting. For more details on this election, visit our page on the United States House of Representatives special election in Alaska, 2022 .
Roughly 50 American voting jurisdictions have now moved to a ranked choice voting system, and it's shaping up to be one of the political subplots of 2024.
The Brief. Ranked choice voting is used in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Leandro. Like traditional elections, ranked choice voting requires a majority (50%+1) to win. Ballot tip:...
Peter Brann argues that Maine has led the nation in adopting a new voting system—ranked-choice voting (RCV)—that better ensures that the most popular candidate in any election wins. On Nov. 3, voters in Massachusetts and Alaska will have the opportunity to adopt ranked-choice voting statewide.
Examining how the 2022 Alaska congressional race was tabulated provides a good example of how ranked choice voting works in practice. Votes are counted. If any candidate wins more than 50%...
In the US, “ranked choice voting” (RCV) refers to an electoral system in which voters rank the candidates and the winner is chosen through a process of sequential elimination and vote transfers. If any candidate has a majority of top rankings, that’s the winner.