Ranked-choice voting has come to mean a range of electoral systems. Broadly, they can
facilitate (a) majority winners in single-seat districts,(b) majority rule with minority …

Preference aggregation mechanisms help decision-makers combine diverse preference
rankings produced by multiple voters into a single consensus ranking. Prior work has …

Redistricting is the process by which electoral district boundaries are drawn so as to capture
coherent communities of interest (COIs). While states rely on various proxies for community …

The Fair Representation Act, first introduced in 2017 and reintroduced in 2019 and 2021,
would mandate the use of multi-member districts (MMDs) to elect members to the United …

Ranked choice voting first gained a foothold in the US during the Progressive Movement in
the 20th century as calls for electoral reforms grew. Ranked choice voting was implemented …

We introduce and study two new statistical models of ballot truncation–the process wherein
voters neglect to rank every candidate during ranked choice voting (RCV). These models …

We compare multi-candidate elections under plurality rule versus ranked choice voting
(RCV). In our framework candidates choose whether to pursue a narrow campaign that …

This paper presents results from a series of survey experiments testing the effects of various
arguments on relative evaluations of ranked-choice (RCV) and choose-one ballots. We …

Ranked choice voting (RCV) is growing in popularity as an alternative to traditional US
election systems, as it is widely believed to result in more proportional outcomes for minority …

In the subject called social choice theory, we regard electoral systems (like plurality voting in
districts) as sets of rules that convert ballots from voters into a choice of winners or …