Single Winner Ranked Choice

Minneapolis, MN St. Paul, MN WHERE IT’S USED: MAINE

Portland, MA Berkeley, CA Cambridge, MA Oakland, CA

San Takoma Park, MD Leandro, CA San Francisco Using RCV Now Telluride, CO Overseas Voters Santa Fe, NM Coming Soon!

HOW IT WORKS “ IT’S AN ELEGANT WAY OF GETTING TO A PLACE WHERE THE VOTERS TRULY It’s simple! Voters get to rank candidates in HAVE THE SAY IN WHAT HAPPENS IN AN order of choice. If a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, they win, just like .” any other election. If not, the candidate with — Stan Lockhart, Former Utah Republican Party Chairman the fewest votes is eliminated, and voters who and leader of Utah Ranked Choice Voting picked that candidate as ‘number 1’ will have their votes count for their next choice. This pro- cess continues until a candidate wins with more than half of the votes, which is a majority.

WINNERS WITH BROAD SUPPORT

1st Choice2nd Choice3rd Choice Ranked choice voting ensures candidates win 3 by making connections to more voters, Candidate A 1 2 upholding the principle of majority rule that legitimizes outcomes for voters and candidates. 1 2 3 Without RCV, candidates can win primaries or Candidate B general elections with far less than 50% support. Candidate C 1 2 3

FairVote.org | [email protected] | 301.270.4616 VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE “ AS A CANDIDATE, YOU HAVE TO TALK No more strategic voting. Ranked choice voting TO EVERYBODY, EVEN PEOPLE WHO frees voters to choose the candidates they YOU KNOW YOU’RE NOT THEIR FIRST like best, without fear of wasting their vote and inadvertently helping elect the candidate they CHOICE...IT CHANGES THE WAY YOU like least. RUN CAMPAIGNS.” — Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland, CA MORE COMPETITION CREATES REFLECTIVE OUTCOMES BENEFITS OF RCV

With more candidates and choices, elections › No more vote splitting or “spoiler” candidates become truly competitive, electing winners › No more “wasted” votes who reflect the views of the widest number of › Candidates are elected with a mandate constituents. And even in crowded fields, similar › No expensive runoffs, and voters only make candidates can compete without splitting votes. one trip to the polls. Whether Republican, Democrat, independent or › It can be used easily on modern voting third-party, all candidates can compete without equipment or with workarounds on older worrying about the “spoiler effect.” equipment.

CIVIL CAMPAIGNS “WHEN WE HAVE RANKED CHOICE Candidates are incentivized to work together or VOTING, IT ALLOWS FOR A MORE find common ground on issues in the hopes of DIVERSE GROUP OF CANDIDATES TO earning voters’ backup choices. STEP FORWARD AND STEP IN.” — Peggy Flanagan, Lieutenant Governor of

★ A Candidates do best when they C B reach out positively instead of attacking opponents. ★ ROUND 1 ROUND 2 FINAL Candidates need to earn back-up 55% support to win, not 50% just first choices. 15% 45% 10% ★ 40% 40% A study has shown 35% 35% that voters in cities where RCV is used 25% said they observed less negative

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Candidate B Candidate

Candidate A Candidate Candidate C Candidate

Candidate B has the Candidate B votes move to New totals reveal a winner fewest 1st place votes 2nd and 3rd choice candidates (more than 50% of the total vote)

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