Ranked Choice Voting:

• Upholds the principle of majority rule
• Eliminates "wasted" votes
• Solves the "spoiler" problem and gives voters more choice
• Increases voter participation
• Opens the political process to new voices
• Promotes more diverse representation
• Reduces negative campaigning and promotes civil, issue oriented campaigns
• Mitigates political polarization
• Combines two elections in one so that voters only have to make one trip to the polls and taxpayers have to pay for only one election
• Reduces the cost of campaigning