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== Advantages over Instant Runoff Voting ==

Instant Runoff voting (commonly known in the USA as Ranked Choice Voting,) was invented as an easy to hand count method for ranked ballots, but the complex vote transfers can be opaque and result in counter-intutive and sideways outcomes. Instant Runoff Voting suffers from vote splitting and ~~may incentivize~~ lesser evil voting or Favorite Betrayal, ~~and~~ puts strong underdog candidates at a disadvantage. ~~Because~~ ~~not~~ ~~all~~ rankings are counted some ballots are exhausted and are not counted in the final round. Ranked STAR Voting gives voters a familiar ranked voting experience, but eliminates vote-splitting and has no exhausted ballots or wasted votes.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting Instant Runoff voting] (commonly known in the USA as Ranked Choice Voting,) was invented as an easy to hand count method for ranked ballots, but the complex vote transfers can be opaque and result in counter-intutive and sideways outcomes. Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) suffers from [[vote-splitting]] and incentivizes lesser evil voting ([[Favorite Betrayal]].) IRV puts strong underdog candidates at a disadvantage and fails to give each voter an [[Equally Weighted Vote]]. Not all rankings are counted, some ballots are exhausted and are not counted in the final round. Ranked STAR Voting gives voters a familiar ranked voting experience, but eliminates vote-splitting and has no exhausted ballots or wasted votes. Ranked STAR Voting ensures that each voter has an Equally Weighted Vote, the legal definition of [[One person, one vote|One-Person-One-Vote]] and is compatible with statutes calling for either a win by plurality, or a win by majority.

Instant Runoff Voting is unconstitutional in a number of states, including Maine, Massachusetts, and others due to the tabulation details. Ranked STAR Voting is fully constitutional in these states.

Ranked STAR Voting's 1st-6th choice ballot allows for consistent ballot formatting on every race, regardless of the number of candidates, and the provisions allowing skipped rankings and equal rankings virtually eliminate spoiled or voided ballots due to voter error and decrease cognitive load in large fields of candidates.