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Ranked Choice Voting

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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is a voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. If a candidate wins a majority of first-preference votes, they are declared the winner. If no candidate wins a majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are redistributed to the remaining candidates, based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate has a majority. Learn more about how it works.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Pending funding from the City Council, DC could use ranked choice voting as soon as 2026. RCV will be used for all primary and general elections in the District, including to award DC’s electoral votes in presidential races.

Small steps, but encouraging!