About Ranked Choice Voting
Ranked Choice Voting allows voters to rank candidates on the ballot according to their preference - 1st choice, 2nd choice, 3rd choice, etc. Voters cast their vote for their favorite candidate knowing that if he or she doesn't gather enough votes to win, their vote will count toward their second choice. In a single-winner election, votes cast for the least popular candidate are not "wasted", but rather redistributed to more popular candidates, based on the voters' second choices, until one candidate wins with a majority of votes.
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Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson stepping down
Excerpt: Instant-Runoff
Voting / Perhaps Magnuson's most lasting ruling
from the bench will be the decision that a new form of voting, known as
instant-runoff voting, is constitutional. The method, which allows
voters to rank candidates in order of preference, was approved by voters
in Minneapolis but challenged as violating the one-person, one-vote
principle.
"As Democrats, our highest principle should be promoting democracy -- the real thing. Our understanding of what it means to be democratic and how to achieve it evolves over time. Our voting method was cutting edge -- 200 years ago. Other major democracies updated their voting methods long ago. Emerging democracies choose voting methods more advanced than our own."
Donna Cassutt, Associate Chair, Minnesota DFL Party
Minneapolis Elections Committee
The Minneapolis Elections Committee is holding an informational meeting on Friday, Feb. 19.