Ranked choice voting / James W. Endersby and Michael H. Towle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Endersby, James W. (James Webster), 1958- author.

Towle, Michael J., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Preferential ballot--United States.

Preferential ballot.

Representative government and representation--United States.

Representative government and representation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 215 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"A recent and popular electoral and political reform sweeping across the United States is ranked choice voting (RCV). This method of group decision-making asks voters to create an ordered list of preferences over a range of alternatives. Proposed as a solution to inherent problems with plurality or first-past-the-post elections, ranked choice voting has some paradoxical characteristics and implementation issues of its own. In North America, RCV is neither new nor uniform in its application. RCV can be used for selection of a single winner, such as a public official or a group consensus, or multiple winners, such as representatives for a city council or a legislature. This book considers RCV as a family of decision-making methods: preferential voting, instant runoff voting, the alternative vote, and the single transferable vote. The common link among these is that voters must rank their preferences on a ballot. Subtle variations in rule can lead to differences in outcomes. In all its forms, this electoral system aims to find a mutually satisfactory outcome approved by a majority of voters or group participants. The book uses a wealth of data from election theory to observed elections outcomes, from political history to interviews with advocates, detractors, and election administrators. This book offers a balanced view of ranked choice voting in North American elections. Neither advocacy nor opposition, the evaluation of RCV elections presents essentials for understanding the theory, history, analysis, and administration of ranked choice voting."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Ranked choice voting and election reform

Ranked choice voting in the family of electoral systems

Local elections and ranked choice

RCV in partisan and state elections

RCV in state and federal elections

Evaluation of RCV elections

Completing and counting ballots

Evaluating RCV

Appendix A. Preferential voting systems

Appendix B. Ballots for the Australian House of Representatives ; Ballot for for the Australian Senate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed September 16, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Endersby, James W. (James Webster), 1958- Ranked choice voting.

ISBN:

9780197798959

0197798950

9780197798935

0197798934

OCLC:

1455328769

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license