Ranked Choice Voting
Team Consultants: Janette Davis
Amanda Diehl Julia Eagles
Katrina Mosser
More dialogue during campaigning
Decreased attacks and negativity
Berkeley, San Francisco, Oakland & San Leandro CA
Minneapolis & Saint Paul, MN
South Carolina
Takoma Park, MD
Louisiana
Memphis, TN
Arkansas
Springfield, IL
Portland, ME
Burlington, VT
Aspen & Telluride, CO
Santa Fe, NM
Pierce County, WA
Hendersonville, NC
Ranked Choice Voting, also known as Instant Runoff Voting, is used in 15 cities, parties and countries around the world!
• Australia• Bosnia• Bougainville• Papua New Guinea• The Republic of Ireland• London• Wellington, New Zealand
• Malta
• Sri Lanka• Conservative Party in Canada • Progressive Conservative
Party of Alberta, Canada • Liberal Party of New Zealand • Hong Kong's Legislative
Council
City of Minneapolis 2013 Municipal Election• Mayor• City Council• Park Board• Board of Estimate and
Taxation
Campaign finance disclosure forms only kept for 5 years
35 Mayoral candidates!
Stephanie Woodru
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Cam Winton
Betsy Hodges
Bob Fine
Don Samuels
Mark Andrew
Jackie Cherry
homes
Dan Cohen$0
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Expense per first round vote
13 Council Races
Conclusions Baseline Data Inconclusive on spending
Recommendations Keep records! Do not be
constrained by data Qualitative analysis Develop continuing
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