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A ranked-choice voting system (RCV) is an electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, he or she is declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. First-preference votes cast for the failed candidate are eliminated, lifting the next-preference choices indicated on those ballots. A new tally is conducted to determine whether any candidate has won a majority of the adjusted votes. The process is repeated until a candidate wins an outright majority

This is ranked choice above......nowhere in this explanation is there 1 election unless "a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes" the first time.

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Posted by Indefatigable

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Posted on 12/13/22 at 3:08 pm to Wtodd

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This is ranked choice above......nowhere in this explanation is there 1 election unless "a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes" the first time.

Correct. Just like in many places, there is a runoff if no candidate wins a majority of the votes the first time. RCV simply skips the separate burden of having another Election Day by having the voters list their second, etc choices.

What is your point?

You support plurality elections? You think plurality elections result in “representative government”? Do you oppose all runoffs?

This post was edited on 12/13/22 at 3:12 pm

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