What is ranked-choice voting?
The method gives voters the option of ranking candidates on the ballot in order of their preference one for their top choice, two for their second choice, and so on rather than cast a single vote for one person.
How does ranked-choice voting work?
If a candidate draws more than 50% of first-choice votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate received a majority of the first-preference votes, the candidate with the fewest first-preference votes is eliminated. Ballots listing the eliminated candidate as the first-choice are then reallocated to whichever candidate was listed as the voters second preference. This process continues until one candidate draws over 50% of the adjusted top votes.
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adamkaz/iStock(NEW YORK) With only ten days until early voting begins, eight Democratic candidates vying to be New York City's chief executive will take the debate stage in person for the first time Wednesday night. It's a precursor to a first-of-its-kind race in the nation's largest city. New York has adopted ranked choice voting and election officials say the final outcome won't be known until weeks after polls close. It's a reality some worry will further erode New York's historically low turnout for city elections. "We don't know the impacts of ranked choice voting," said Hank Scheinkopf, a longtime New York political consultant. "We do know that when you fool with the voting system, you tend to disrupt behaviors that are learned, you tend to reduce turnout, and create confusion." When New Yorkers cast their ballots in the mayoral primary, they'll list up to five choices for the city's chief executive, instead of ch
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