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Municipal Ballot Sample (with Ranked Choice Voting)


"Every election is determined by the people who show up. "
-Larry J. Sabato (UVA's Center for Politics)

Municipal elections have offices and questions for city or local government.  This example ballot also includes ranked choice voting, a system that allows voters to list preferred candidates in order.  When no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the votes that went to the last-place candidate get reassigned to each voter's second choice candidate.  (If the voter didn't specify a second choice, that vote no longer counts because their candidate is no longer in the running.)  You can learn more about RCV here.

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