RANKED-CHOICE VOTING Definition & Meaning

ranked-choice voting

[ rangkt-chois voh-ting ]

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noun

a voting system in which voters rank candidates as their first choice, second choice, etc.: If no candidate gets enough votes in the first round, the one in last place is eliminated and the remaining ones move to the next round, in which votes for the eliminated candidate are transferred to the voters' second choice. : RCV

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Origin of ranked-choice voting¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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Taylor, an engineer who represented East Oakland for four years on the council, narrowly lost to Thao in the 2022 mayoral race after garnering the most first-place votes in the city’s ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to select multiple candidates by order of preference.

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It took two days to determine a winner under San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to select multiple candidates by order of preference.

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San Francisco’s ranked-choice voting system, which allows voters to select multiple candidates by order of preference, complicates the process of quickly identifying a winner.

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This measure would allow ranked-choice voting in D.C. and open our primaries to independents.

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I support it because ranked-choice voting is much more rational than the current system and elevates consensus candidates with broad support.

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