FairVote Minnesota

Making every vote count

Mark your choices for governor
Rank your preferences: 1st Choice2nd Choice3rd Choice
The candidate you fear most
The candidate you dislike less
The candidate you want (warning: might help elect the candidate you fear most)

How IRV Works

Counting Votes (multi-seat election) 

The surplus portion of each vote for Bill Jones (equivalent to a total of 666 votes) is redistributed to the next choice on each of those ballots. Assume that of the people who selected Bill Jones as their first choice, for their second choices, none selected Margaret Haralson, three-quarters selected Anita Sanchez, and one-quarter selected Mohamed Ahmed:

Jones Redistribution Table

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