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== History ==
Ranked Robin was invented by [[User:Sass|Sass]] on 30 September 2021 and named by Sara Wolk on 7 November 2021. As an enthusiast of [[Cardinal voting systems|cardinal voting methods]] and a strong advocate for voter empowerment, Sass saw a timely need for a sufficiently-accurate [[Ranked voting|ranked voting method]] that was on par with the simplicity of voting methods like [[STAR Voting]] and even [[Approval Voting]], particularly in the [[United States]]. Ranked Robin is
== Balloting ==
Voters may rank as many candidates as they would like. Voters are free to rank multiple candidates equally. Skipped ranks are ignored and will neither hurt nor help a voter's vote. All candidates left unranked are considered tied for the last rank, below the lowest rank marked on a voter's ballot.
== Local tallying ==
Ranked Robin is [[Precinct-summable|precinct summable]] through the use of [[Pairwise comparison matrix|preference matrices]]. Full preference matrices can be created simply by hand if needed and then reported directly to the media and the public, allowing ballots and ballot data to remain local for recounts and risk-limiting audits without risking the threat of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_fraud#Vote_buying vote selling] and [https://ballotpedia.org/Intimidation_of_voters voter coercion]. This decentralization of tallying allows elections to remain robust against scaled election attacks, which is vital in jurisdictions that run geographically-spread or high-profile elections. In contrast, voting methods that are not precinct summable, like [[Instant runoff voting|Ranked Choice (Instant Runoff) Voting]] and many expressive [[Proportional Representation|proportional voting methods]], lose these benefits and can lead to distrust in election outcomes if fraud, attacks, or even simple mistakes happen at a centralized counting facility.<references />
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