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Frequently Asked Questions About IRV <br />4mr. <br />.'�}�'. 1F: , ;'�', <br />�y.•��.,�,f ,,'�„L , <br />.�,:-�- ;�� ,-:� � <br />�. ��r ._.� <br />�.. . .. <br />.}�-� �� i :,-f. } <br />�'=�-0� x _: .. _ <br />� <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Uon�G F�a�uback <br />Frequently Asked Questions About Instant <br />Runoff Voting <br />What is instant runoff voting? Instant runoff voting is a method of <br />electing a single winner. It provides an alternative to plurality and <br />runoff elections. In a plurality election, the highest vote getter wins <br />even if � receives less than 50% of the vote. In a runoff election, <br />two candidates advance to a runoff if no candidate receives more than <br />50% in the first round. <br />How does it work? Voters rank candidates in order of choice: 1, 2, 3 <br />and so on. It takes a majority to win. If anyone receives a majority of <br />the first choice votes, that candidate is elected. If not, the last place <br />candidate is defeated, just as in a runoff election, and all ballots are <br />counted again, but this time each ballot cast for the defeated candidate <br />counts for the next choice candidate listed on the ballot. The process of <br />eliminating the last place candidate and recounting the ballots <br />continues until one candidate receives a majority of the vote. With <br />modem voting equipment, all of the counting and recounting takes <br />place rapidly and automatically. <br />IRV acts like a series of runoff elections in which one candidate is <br />eliminated each election. Each time a candidate is eliminated, akl voters <br />get to choose among the remaining candidates. This continues until one <br />candidate receives a majority of the vote. <br />Isn't this too complex for the voter? No. All the voter has to do is <br />rank one or more candidates. It's like renting a video or picking an ice <br />cream: What video (or flavor) do you want? That's your first choice. If <br />they don't have that video (or flavor), what would you like? That's <br />your second choice. If they don't have that, what's your third pick? <br />That's all there is to it. It's as easy as 1-2-3. <br />Doesn't this give extra votes to supporters of defeated candidates? <br />No. In each round, every voter's ballot counts for exactly one <br />candidate. In this respect, it's just like a two-round runoff election. <br />You vote for your favorite candidate in the first round. If your <br />candidate advances to the second round, you keep supporting that <br />candidate. If not, you get to pick among the remaining candidates. In <br />IRV candidates gets eliminated one at a time, and each time, all voters <br />get to select among the remaining candidates. At each step of the ballot <br />counting, every voter has exactly one vote for a continuing candidate. <br />That's why the Courts have upheld the constitutionality of IRV. <br />Does IRV eliminate "spoilers" and vote-splitting? Yes. In multiple- <br />candidate races, like-minded constituencies such as Latinos, liberals, <br />conservatives, etc. can split their vote among their own competing <br />http://www.fairvote.org/irv/faq.htm � �;��� <br />
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