FairVote Minnesota

Making every vote count

What's your favorite benefit of Ranked Choice Voting?
Rank your preferences: 1st Choice2nd Choice3rd Choice
Less partisan polarization
More choices for voters
Upholds majority rule

How IRV Works

Counting Votes (multi-seat election)

Back to the example.  Since Bill Jones exceeded the threshold of 3334 with his 4000 votes, he is elected. His surplus proportion is calculated as:

Jones Surplus Proportion

The number of votes to be redistributed is:
Jones Surplus Votes

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