Basics
This type of voting system allows voters to rank candidates based on preference.
What is Ranked Choice Voting?
Ranked Choice Voting was invented here.
What is Europe?
What is Maine?
In RCV the winner is usually approved by ____ people than in a regular system.
What is more?
This potential downside of RCV, in which a candidate with the most first place votes can lose, happened in 2018 and elected this Maine Representative.
Who is Jared Golden?
If there are six candidates on the ballot, voters must rank this number of candidates.
What is 1,2,3,4,5, or 6?
Ranked Choice voting was invented in this decade.
What is the 1850's?
This other New England state will vote in this election cycle on the implementation of RCV.
What is Massachusetts?
This state supreme court ruled in favor of RCV.
What is Maine?
One reason people do not like RCV is because they say it is too _____.
What is complicated?
The threshold a candidate must hit before the second round of counting in order to win.
What is 50%?
When did RCV pass in Maine?
What is 2016?
This city, known as the "Big Apple," has approved RCV for use in 2021.
What is New York City?
Voters can now vote for _______ and __ _____ candidates without feeling as if they threw away their vote.
What are independents and 3rd party?
If you do not rank one of the final two candidates, your ballot is ____ ____ in the final vote tally.
What is not used?
In Ranked Choice Voting, if no candidate reaches 50%, the second round of counting contains the ______ highest vote getters.
What is 2?
This percentage of people voted for RCV when it was on the ballot in Maine.
What is 52?
This number of cities currently use RCV.
What is 18?
This US Supreme Court Justice said that the courts ruled correctly in favor of RCV.
Who is Stephen Breyer?
True or False. The United States Supreme Court has ruled on a case involving RCV.
What is false?