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From YouTube: Ranked-choice voting in Minneapolis
Description
Minneapolis voters use ranked-choice voting to elect candidates. Check out this video to learn how to vote using ranked-choice voting and see how it's counted.
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In
most
elections,
you
only
vote
for
one
candidate
for
each
office,
but
in
some
elections
voters
can
rank
three
or
more
candidates
for
each
other.
It's
called
rank-choice
voting.
Here's
an
example
of
how
it
works.
All
of
the
candidates
will
be
listed
on
the
ballot
in
three
columns,
make
your
first
choice
vote
in
column,
one
by
filling
in
the
Oval
of
the
candidate
you'd,
most
like
to
win
vote
for
your
second
choice
in
column
two
and
make
your
third
choice
in
column.
Three!
That's
all
there
is
to
it.
Now.
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Let's
see
how
the
votes
are
counted.
Let's
say
there
are
four
candidates
running
for
mayor
Asha,
Zack,
Omar
and
Lucy.
Once
the
polls
close,
we
count
all
the
first-choice
votes.
First
to
be
elected
mayor,
a
candidate
needs
more
than
half
the
votes.
In
this
example,
Asha
has
more
than
half
of
the
votes,
so
she's
declared
the
winner.
However,
if
no
candidate
gets
more
than
half
the
votes,
we
start
eliminating
candidates
and
counting
the
next
choices
of
those
who
voted.
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In
this
example,
Zack
is
the
candidate
with
the
smallest
number
of
first
choice
votes,
so
he
is
cut.
We
use
the
second
choice,
votes
on
Zacks
ballots
and
count
those
voters
second
choices.
Instead,
if
one
of
the
remaining
candidates
now
has
more
than
half
of
the
total
votes,
that
candidate
is
declared
the
winner,
if
not
the
next
lowest
candidate
Lucy
is
eliminated.
Her
votes
are
now
counted
for
the
next
choice
on
the
ballot.
Some
of
Lucy's
vote
went
to
Zack,
who
has
already
eliminated
so
those
new
votes
for
Zack
instead
count
for
those
voters.