The Democrats’ uphill battle on voting rights
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Rank Choice Voting in New York's Primary
rank choice voting is a system election officials have devised to try and insure that whoever wins an election has the broadest level of support. In new york's primary on t Tuesday, voters can pick up to five candidates. Once the votes are cast, they'll be counted in rounds. If a single candidate gets more than 50 % of the vote, that person will be the winner outright. But if that isn't the case, the las place candidate will drop out of the race,. Their votes will be redistributed to the other candidates based upon their rankings. This process will continue till there is only two candidates left, and the winner will emerge from these re allocated ballots.
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