ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS
Elections don't happen without the dedicated efforts of our nation's election administrators. We've used our years of experience to identify key areas you'll need, whether you're administering your first RCV election or your 100th.
Welcome to the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center's Election Admin page. The resources presented here will help election administrators and anyone else interested in ranked choice voting (RCV) understand how to implement this voting method.
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Our Webinar Series goes in-depth on a number of RCV administration topics, including auditing RCV, how multi-winner RCV works, and how to design a better RCV ballot.
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RCV Clips, RCVRC's podcast, features 25-35 minute interviews with administrators, advocates, and experts about RCV.
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RCVRC hosts free online symposiums designed to examine the various areas of RCV, from common misconceptions to advancements in tabulation and implementation.
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The usability reports currently contain the first RCV usability report produced by the Center for Civic Design for the Ranked Choice Voting Resource Center and FairVote. The report contains guidelines for designing RCV ballots, voter education, and results presentation materials. It also includes examples of those types of materials produced in the course of testing RCV usability.
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Data Clearinghouse provides links to databases of RCV ballot data from every RCV election with publicly available data since the early 2000s, along with links to tabulation tools developed to run variations of RCV.
CONDUCT AN ELECTION
Administering an election is an intricate and vitally important process. RCV elections present routine election procedures and unique administrative tasks. This section is meant to guide election officials and others interested in the process through what it takes to run an RCV election. The page is divided into three main components: Election Planning, Pre-Election, and Election.
WHY ADOPT RCV
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Eliminate Unnecessary Primary and Runoff Elections
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Increased Civility in Campaigns
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Promoting Fair Representation
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Avoid Vote-Splitting and Weak Plurality Results
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Military and Overseas (UOCAVA) Voters
TYPES OF RCV
There are two primary forms of RCV in the United States:
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Single-winner RCV
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Proportional RCV