Instant runoff voting (IRV) is an increasingly-popular alternative to traditional plurality voting
in which voters submit rankings over the candidates rather than single votes. In practice …

In the popular debate over the use of ranked-choice voting, it is often claimed that ranked-
choice voting is less susceptible to the spoiler effect than the plurality method. We choose a …

Abstract Objectives New York City is the largest US jurisdiction to use ranked choice voting
(RCV). We examine New York and other US cities using RCV to assess if there were …

From the perspective of social choice theory, ranked-choice voting (RCV) is known to have
many flaws. RCV can fail to elect a Condorcet winner and is susceptible to monotonicity …

In 2020, Alaskans voted to adopt a nonpartisan top-4 primary followed by a ranked-choice
general election. Proposals for “final four” and “final five” election systems are being …

Proponents of ranked-choice voting highlight a number of arguments for why such an
approach to elections should be adopted. One major argument is that ranked-choice voting …

Objectives Election observers have expressed concerns about voter “confusion” under
ranked choice voting (RCV) since the 1890s. What is the meaning of “confusing,” and how …

Dissatisfaction with two-party politics is at an all-time high in the US. As extreme polarization
and minority rule persist, a possibility of an electoral reform becomes increasingly more …

Objective Ranked choice voting [RCV] is currently seeing a spike in interest and is
expanding in practice throughout the United States. However, the impacts and effects of …

Does ranked choice voting (RCV) change the information search behavior of voters? I
present a theory, consistent with past work on voter behavior and information, which shows …