Understanding Ranked Choice Voting
's Democratic mayoral primary utilizes ranked choice voting, allowing voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference, aiming to prevent the "all-or-nothing" dilemma of picking just one candidate.
The process ensures that if no candidate receives over 50% of first-choice votes, the candidate with the least support is eliminated, and their votes redistributed, continuing until one candidate has the most votes.
The Election Process and Expectations
Polls close at 9 p.m. Tuesday, with preliminary results predicting the first-choice standings. However, the ranked choice tabulation begins on July 1, after mail-in ballots are counted, with official results certified by July 15.
This primary features eleven candidates, including former Gov. and progressive , with incumbent Mayor not participating. The Republican nominee is founder .