How do I vote?
You rank candidates in order of your preferences: your first choice, second choice, and so on. Rank as many or as few candidates as you like, using a paper ballot and the same voting machines we currently use. Your vote will count for your second choice only if your first choice is eliminated.
How your vote counts
Your ballot counts for your favorite candidate. If a candidate has more than half the votes, that candidate wins. If no candidate has a majority, the Ranked Choice Voting process is used to determine a winner with the broadest support - without the need for another election day.
No candidate was preferred by more than half of voters.
In this example with 100 voters, no candidate received a majority. We can now eliminate the candidate who was the first choice of the fewest voters, to see which of the two remaining candidates is the consensus favorite.
Candidate B eliminated, these voters have their 2nd choice counted instead. C is the winner.
Candidate B had the fewest votes and is eliminated. Voters who liked Candidate B the best now have their ballot count for their second choice. Voters who ranked Candidates A or C as their first choice continue to have their ballot counted for their first choice. Candidate C is the majority winner in a single, decisive election.