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Many voting methods operate by going through several rounds. The usual way to interpret "multiple-round" is that several elections are held, with fewer candidates advancing from one election to the next, until a winner is decided in the final round. However, this article will also cover systems that have automatic or instant rounds (i.e. one election's ballots are used to simulate several rounds). [[Elimination]]-based methods generally are multiple-round, as are sequential PR methods. [[Runoff]]<nowiki/>s are a common format for multiple-round methods.

Venice historically used a multiple-round method to elect their leader, which combined randomness and a form of [[Score voting]]. 

One criticism of these methods is that they can incentivize voters to strategically vote based on who they think can survive elimination and win the final round.