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"Ballot exhaustion" occurs when rankings on a voter’s ballot prevent their vote from being counted and determining the election’s end result. The selection in this particular race is then discarded, and does not influence the final outcome. |
"Ballot exhaustion" occurs when rankings on a voter’s ballot prevent their vote from being counted and determining the election’s end result. The selection in this particular race is then discarded, and does not influence the final outcome. |
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'''RCV False Claim''': If your first choice is eliminated your next choice will be counted - this term is used to describe a specific kind of wasted vote in RCV. |
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Definition: Ballots where down ballot rankings that could have made a difference were not counted because |
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# the election was called before the votes transferred |
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# the next choice was eliminated before the vote transferred (failed transfer ballots / exhausted choices) |
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=== Exhausted ballot and exhausted ranking === |
=== Exhausted ballot and exhausted ranking === |