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) 

The surplus portion of each vote for Bill Jones (equivalent to a total of 666 votes) is redistributed to the next choice on each of those ballots. Assume that of the people who selected Bill Jones as their first choice, for their second choices, none selected Margaret Haralson, three-quarters selected Anita Sanchez, and one-quarter selected Mohamed Ahmed:

Jones Redistribution Table

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