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The term ranked voting refers to any voting system where voters rank candidates or options—in a sequence from first, second, third, and onwards—on their...

Instant-runoff voting (IRV), a specific ranked voting system with single-winner districts Single transferable vote (STV), a specific ranked voting system with...

Instant-runoff voting (IRV), also known as ranked-choice voting or the alternative vote (AV), combines ranked voting (in which voters rank candidates rather...

Ranked-choice voting (RCV) can refer to one of several ranked voting methods used in some cities and states in the United States. The term is not strictly...

each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according...

single-round ranked voting, such as instant-runoff voting system as used in some elections in Australia and the United States, voters rank each candidate...

also has similarities to other ranked-choice systems. Unlike the contingent vote, systems like instant-runoff voting (IRV), Coombs' method, and Baldwin's...

social choice theory, FPP is considered a degenerate form of ranked voting, where voters "rank" candidates, but only the first preference matters; as a result...

been fully ranked. In multi-member ranked voting, wasted votes are less common compared to single-member ranked voting. The number of votes not used to...

first-past-the-post voting, plurality block voting, the two-round (runoff) system and ranked voting (STV or Instant-runoff voting). Mixed systems and...

Preferential voting or preference voting (PV) may refer to different election systems or groups of election systems: Ranked voting election systems, all...

voting method. Plurality and instant-runoff (colloquially called ranked-choice voting in the United States) are highly sensitive to spoilers, and can manufacture...

and thus not included in the vote count. This may occur accidentally or deliberately. The total number of spoilt votes in a United States election has...

Ranked Pairs (RP) is a tournament-style system of ranked-choice voting first proposed by Nicolaus Tideman in 1987. Ranked pairs begins with a round-robin...

single transferable vote (STV), also called ranked choice voting, is a ranked system: voters rank candidates in order of preference. Voting districts usually...

constitutionality of Maine’s use of ranked-choice voting, stating that "'one person, one vote' does not stand in opposition to ranked voting, so long as all electors...

In electoral systems which use ranked voting, a donkey vote is a cast ballot where the voter ranks the candidates based on the order they appear on the...

prefer (i.e. both candidates are equally-ranked). Compression is unique in that it involves casting a sincere vote, i.e. one that does not lie about which...

possibility that nobody wins. Instant-runoff voting (IRV) (also known as preferential voting or ranked-choice voting) like the exhaustive ballot involves multiple...

his later support for Ralph Nader's campaign). FairVote advocates for the use of ranked choice voting (IRV) in American elections. Specifically, it advocates...