Ranked Choice Voting


Educate Yourself on The Dangers of Ranked Choice Voting!

11 System Settings for Tallying Votes for Ranked Choice Voting

11 Ranked Choice Voting Setting. Highlighted Fractional Calculation.
Source: San Francisco County Election Webpage

News

Official Hearing Highlights and Analysis on Ranked Choice Voting

Alameda County

Alameda Ranked-Choice Voting Special Hearing 1-5-2023 Highlights

Below are some of the great analysis from Match Analysis. They did a deep dive into every aspect of 2022 Oakland Mayoral election to provide real facts on what really happened using ranked-choice voting:

2022 Ranked Choice Voting Mayoral Election Error rate
Source: Match Analysis on twitter
ranked choice bullet voting
Source: Match Analysis on twitter

City of Sunnyvale

Sunnyvale City Council 4/26/2022 meeting minutes – Motion to remove Ranked-Choice Voting provision

Sunnyvale tried it. They tested out Ranked-Choice voting on Feb 8, 2022 to appoint an interim councilmember following the resignation of City council Mason Fong. They discovered how manipulable and error prone this method is and quickly made an U-Turn.

Sunnyvale city council 4-26-2022 meeting minutes page 1
Sunnyvale city council 4-26-2022 meeting minutes page 10
Sunnyvale city council 4-26-2022 meeting minutes page 11

Santa Clara County

Santa Clara County charter amendment gave Board of Supervisors authority to use instant-runoff aka Ranked Choice Voting at will 25 years ago!

Studies

University of Cincinnati Law Review on Ranked-Choice Voting

Ranked-Choice Voting: A Disaster in Disguise by The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA)