]> http://www.marinrankedvoting.org/taxonomy/term/37/0 en http://www.marinrankedvoting.org/Analysis/RankedVoting <p><cite>This is a preliminary version of our presentation of ranked voting.</cite></p> <p><strong>The Problem: Winner-Take-All</strong></p> <p>In single-winner elections (executive offices and single-member legislative districts), our traditional plurality voting rules allow candidates supported by a minority of voters to win, if the rest of the community is divided among more than one alternative candidate. Plurality elections result in legislative bodies that over-represent some groups and under-represent others. And they leave every voter who didn’t vote for the single winner in his or her district unrepresented.</p> Ranked Voting Wed, 14 Sep 2005 12:02:45 -0400