Ranked Choice Voting Presentation
Ranked Choice Voting – What is it?
Every feel like your vote doesn’t really count? Wonder why you should vote at all? Learn about a new way of voting for our legislative leaders locally and at the state and federal levels, and how your vote can absolutely be counted!
Ranked choice voting (RCV) is an election method in which voters rank candidates for an office in order of their preference (first choice, second choice, third choice, and so on). Ranking candidates is different from simply selecting one candidate or what is known as plurality voting. If a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, that candidate wins, just like in any other election. However, if there is no majority winner after counting the first choices, the race is decided by an instant runoff. The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who ranked that candidate as their first choice will have their votes count for their next choice. This process continues until a majority winner, a candidate with more than half of the vote, wins.