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Ranked-Choice Voting in San Francisco |
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Ranked-Choice Voting in San Francisco |
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San Francisco is the first city in California to use an instant runoff process to elect its officers, in which voters rank their choices on one ballot rather than vote for one candidate in one election and then another in a separate runoff election. Here, you can see past results and try a Ranked Choice practice poll.
Rank the candidates you support, in order of preference.
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Your vote counts for Bob, your first choice. Nobody has a majority mandate from voters.
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Kim gets enough of Bob's second choices to get a majority.
In this count, because Bob was eliminated, your vote counted for Kim, your second choice.
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Vote in a straw poll for Mayor!
... and Sheriff and DA. These simulate several paper ballot designs for RCV.
| November 2011 Contests | Vote | Results | Ballot type | |
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| Sheriff |
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The 3-choice ballot will be used in Nov 2011. However, upgrades allowing more choices would be feasible in 2012. The 3-choice limit was the subject of a lawsuit that was rejected by both the district court and, on appeal, the circuit court. Here is an analysis of the impact of a 3-choice limit. It is wise to use all 3 choices, and choose lower choices that are more likely to win.
Past results
(for real elections)
Click on a Board of Supervisors district to see its most recent multi-round election.
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See also the East Bay results from 2010. |
From 2004-2010, San Francisco has held at least one Ranked Choice election every year. 19 of these had a majority winner in the first round. The results released by the Elections Department separate out all "overvotes" (more than one vote in the same column), whereas the DemoChoice software treats them as votes for "none of these".
Californians for Electoral Reform advocates RCV throughout the state.
Fairvote is a national organization advocating electoral reforms such as RCV.
Brought to you by DemoChoice web polls - create
your own ranked choice poll on the web!
DemoChoice is not affiliated
with or authorized by the San Francisco Elections Department or any
candidate in the election. Any ballot links to candidates are those
published by the
Elections Department, or directly requested by a candidate. A
candidate may request to be excluded from the straw polls.
