Noun: Ranked Choice Voting
Usage: Cdn
Usage: Cdn
- A voting system for single-winner elections with multiple candidates: voters rank candidates in order of preference, the candidates with the fewest first-choice votes are eliminated and the corresponding next preference votes redistributed until there is a majority for one candidate
- AV [Brit], alternative vote [Brit], instant runoff voting [US], IRV [US], preferential voting [Austral]
Encyclopedia: Ranked Choice Voting