Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked choice voting is a form of election were the voters rank all the candidates on the ballot by order of personal preference. The election is only when a candidate has received a majority of the votes. On the first round each candidate receives a vote for all ballots on which they were chosen as first preference. If no one candidate receives a majority of the vote the candidate with the least first preference votes is eliminated. All ballots cast to the eliminated candidate are reviewed the go to whoever (If anyone) was listed as the second preference. This process continues until either a candidate gets a majority or if all other candidates are eliminated.

This method has been used in several places throughout the US. It will also be the method in which Maine will allocate its delegates to the 2020 electoral college