Ranked Choice Voting for Parker

 

What is Ranked Choice Voting?

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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) gives voters the option to rank candidates in order of preference — 1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice, and so on — instead of selecting only one candidate.

The way those rankings are counted depends on whether the election is choosing one winner or multiple winners.

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One Winner

For an office such as Mayor, RCV is designed to elect a candidate with majority support.

If no candidate initially receives a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and those ballots count for the voters' next choices. The process continues until a candidate has a majority of the continuing votes.

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Multiple Winners

When several representatives are elected at the same time, RCV can be used to elect multiple candidates from the same ranked ballot.

Instead of requiring 50% to win, candidates must reach an election threshold based on the number of seats being filled.

Votes can transfer when a candidate has more votes than needed to win a seat or when a candidate is eliminated.

The result is designed to allow different groups of voters to help elect candidates they support.