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'''Ranked-choice voting''', also known as '''instant-runoff voting''', is a [[liberal]]-favored,<ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/67741 LD 1083 - Increases the Use of Ranked Choice Voting - Voting Record]</ref> [[undemocratic]] voting system that allows for voters to rank their preferences of candidates on ballots rather than require they choose only one. As with such, the top picks on ballots will be counted for respective candidates initially; if no one gets a majority of the votes cast in the first round, the top two proceed, while the votes for the rest of the candidates are one-by-one defaulted to whichever one of the top two that was marked at a higher preference, if signified.

'''Ranked-choice voting''', also known as '''instant-runoff voting''', is a [[liberal]]-favored,<ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/bill/votes/67741 LD 1083 - Increases the Use of Ranked Choice Voting - Voting Record]</ref> [[undemocratic]] voting system that has voters disapproving of candidates as much as selecting their favorite.  The voting system enables the [[liberal media]] to veto a candidate in a multi-party race by inducing enough people to rank the good candidate last.

 

Specifically, this process consists of counting the top picks on ballots will be counted for respective candidates initially; if no one gets a majority of the votes cast in the first round, the second choice picks for the last-place finisher are reallocated among the other candidates and this process is repeated until someone wins a majority.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)</ref>

There are three major variants of this method:

There are three major variants of this method:

*Full Preferential, where a voter must rank all candidates shown, else the ballot is invalid.

*Full Preferential, where a voter must rank all candidates shown, else the ballot is invalid.

The major issue with ranked-choice voting deals with unfair bias against third-party candidates, which indirectly ensures a [[two-party system]]; since voters are given the option to rank their candidates in order of preference, for those who rank a third-party candidate as their top choice and either the [[Democrat]] or [[Republican]] nominee as their second pick, it becomes nearly guaranteed that their vote will go to the latter if no candidate initially garners a majority.

The pretextual argument for ranked-choice voting is to overcome unfair bias against third-party candidates, which indirectly ensures a [[two-party system]]; by giving voters an option to rank their candidates in order of preference, for those who rank a third-party candidate as their top choice and either the [[Democrat]] or [[Republican]] nominee as their second pick, it becomes nearly guaranteed that their vote will go to the latter if no candidate initially garners a majority.

[[Maine]] has implemented RCV following the inability of several [[Democrat]] candidates to win elections in the state; rather than recruiting stronger candidates to gain certain voters who prefer left-leaning [[independent voters|independent]]/[[third party]] candidates, the [[Democratic Party]] there instead chose to install a potentially [[unconstitutional]]<ref>[https://mainecampus.com/2020/03/ranked-choice-voting-is-unconstitutional-and-undemocratic/ Ranked-choice voting is unconstitutional and undemocratic]</ref> voting system.

[[Maine]] has implemented RCV following the inability of several [[Democrat]] candidates to win elections in the state; rather than recruiting stronger candidates to gain certain voters who prefer left-leaning [[independent voters|independent]]/[[third party]] candidates, the [[Democratic Party]] there instead chose to install a potentially [[unconstitutional]]<ref>[https://mainecampus.com/2020/03/ranked-choice-voting-is-unconstitutional-and-undemocratic/ Ranked-choice voting is unconstitutional and undemocratic]</ref> voting system.