What does "Majority" mean in the counting of elections?
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A "Majority" refers to votes totaling over 50%. Ranked Choice Voting creates a False Majority by redistributing votes. Votes are counted in rounds until one candidate is assigned more than 50% of the votes that were "ranked". Rarely does the most popular candidate win with this method of tallying votes.
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What is Plurality of Votes?
A Plurality of votes is when a candidate receives more votes than any other candidate, but does not necessarily receive more than half of all votes cast. The Highest Number of Votes, or Plurality, is also known as a "relative majority". In a plurality voting system, the winner is the candidate with the most votes, regardless of whether they have a majority (more than 50%) of the total votes.
Colorado has traditionally used the Plurality of Votes, or the Highest Number of Votes in counting our elections since our foundations.
Colorado has traditionally used the Plurality of Votes, or the Highest Number of Votes in counting our elections since our foundations.
What is Ranked Choice Voting? (Instant Runoff Voting)
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Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is an electoral system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballots. There are multiple forms of RCV, but the most commonly used form is instant-runoff voting (IRV). In this system, voters rank candidates in order of preference, and if no candidate receives a majority of the first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their supporters’ second-choice votes are redistributed until a candidate reaches a majority.
Common Critiques of Ranked Choice Voting
Resources to learn about how RCV is conducted: https://www.americanexperiment.org/ranked-choice-voting-thwarts-voters-intentions/ |
Welcome to "Rank Choice Voting – Illusion of Choice." In this book, we will embark on a comprehensive exploration of one of the most significant aspects of the democratic process: elections. Specifically, we will delve into the realm of Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) and critically examine its claims, impacts, and potential consequences in US elections.
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https://www.newsweek.com/trump-rips-ranked-choice-voting-alaska-moderating-force-australia-1723233
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NINE STATES HAVE BANNED RANKED CHOICE VOTING
49.6 million people live in States that have Banned #RankedChoiceVoting Florida: 22.2 million Kentucky: 4.5 million Tennessee: 7.0 million Oklahoma: 4.0 million South Dakota: 0.9 million Idaho: 1.9 million Mississippi: 2.9 million Alabama: 5.1 million Montana: 1.1 Million Only two states use #RCV Alaska and Maine. Total Population of 2 million people. There are 25x as many people living in States that have banned #RankedChoiceVoting It took them 20+ years to get these two States and Alaska is actively working to repeal #RCV from the State. Vote Yes November 5th to Repeal #RCV |
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Thiry's All-Candidate Primary will mean we have to open a State Central Tabulation Center and somehow transport the data from the county elections to the states securely... (can't be done)
This is how the state of Maine does it. Maine Ranked Choice Voting information. "If no candidate wins a majority of votes on Election Night in the races that have three or more candidates, the ballots and memory devices from each municipality are securely transported to a central tabulation site in Augusta. " https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/rankedchoicefaq.html |
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In the Colorado GOP Chair Controversy going on we stand for saving the Party. Read our response.
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