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==what are inactive or “exhausted” ballots?== |
==what are inactive or “exhausted” ballots?== |
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https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting-information/#_13-what-are-inactive-or-exhausted-ballots |
https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/ranked-choice-voting-information/#_13-what-are-inactive-or-exhausted-ballots |
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An inactive or exhausted ballot counts for candidates in the first round but not in the final round. |
An inactive or exhausted ballot counts for candidates in the first round but not in the final round. |
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Ballots become inactive for the following reasons: |
Ballots become inactive for the following reasons: |
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The voter doesn’t rank all candidates, and all of their ranked candidates are eliminated during the round-by-round count. Also known as voluntary abstention, this is the most common source of inactive votes. |
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* The voter doesn’t rank all candidates, and all of their ranked candidates are eliminated during the round-by-round count. Also known as '''voluntary abstention''', this is the most common source of inactive votes. |
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* Election administrators limit voters to a certain number of rankings, such as three, and all of their ranked candidates are eliminated during the round-by-round count. This is known as '''involuntary exhaustion'''. |
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The ballot is disqualified due to error, such as giving multiple candidates the same ranking. This is the rarest source of inactive ballots; indeed ballot error rates are consistently low under RCV. See our Data on RCV page to learn more. |
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* The ballot is '''disqualified due to error''', such as giving multiple candidates the same ranking. |
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