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{{wikipedia}}'''STAR voting'''<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.starvoting.us/ |title = STAR voting - front page |last = |first = |date = |website = starvoting.us |publisher = |access-date = 2018-
[[File:Score Runoff Voting sample presidential ballot.png|thumb|STAR voting uses a standard Score Voting ballot. The counting method adds an extra step to yield the preference winner between the top two scoring candidates overall.]]
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== Usage ==
The concept was first proposed publicly in October 2014 by Center for Election Science co-founder Clay Shentrup.<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/electionscience/JK82EFn7nrs/Lble3V2CW4UJ |title = Google Groups |website = groups.google.com |access-date = 2017-04-05 }}</ref> The runoff step was introduced in order to correct for strategic distortion in ordinary score voting,<ref>{{Cite web |url = https://ivn.us/2016/12/08/score-runoff-voting/ |title = Score Runoff Voting: The New Voting Method that Could Save Our Democratic Process |date = 2016-12-08 |website = IVN.us |access-date = 2017-04-05 }}</ref> such as [[
==Method==
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For comparison, note that traditional [[first-past-the-post]] would elect Memphis, even though most citizens consider it the worst choice, because 42% is larger than any other single city. [[Instant-runoff voting#Tennessee capital election|Instant-runoff voting]] would elect the 2nd-worst choice (Knoxville), because the central candidates would be eliminated early. In [[Approval voting]], with each voter selecting their top two cities, Nashville would win because of the significant boost from Memphis residents. A [[Two-round system#Example II|two-round system]] would have a runoff between Memphis and Nashville where Nashville would win.
==Properties==
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A simpler way of finding the STAR ranking is simply to put the STAR winner 1st, and then rank all of the other candidates below the STAR winner according to their Score voting ranking.
== Precinct summability ==
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