[Ord. No. 2020-07, 11-3-2020]
This § 7-3 establishes the procedures for electing
candidates in single-seat and multi-seat elections using Ranked Choice
Voting.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 11-3-2020]
In an election conducted by Ranked Choice Voting, the City Clerk
shall provide ballot instructions that make clear the proper voting
procedures for voting in a Ranked Choice Voting election.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 11-3-2020]
Each ballot's vote is initially assigned to the highest-ranked
candidate on that ballot at a transfer value of one.
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If the number of candidates is equal to or less than the seats to be filled, each candidate is declared elected. The number of votes for each candidate is counted and tabulation is complete. Otherwise tabulation proceeds in accord with Subsection
7-3.5 for a single-seat election or Subsection
7-3.6 for a multi-seat election.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 11-3-2020; amended 10-16-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
a. Vote tabulation proceeds in rounds as follows:
1. Each ballot is counted for the highest-ranked continuing candidate
on that ballot. If there are only two continuing candidates, the candidate
with more votes is designated elected, the other candidate is designated
defeated, and tabulation is complete. If there is only one continuing
candidate, they are designated elected, and tabulation is complete.
Otherwise, tabulation proceeds pursuant to subparagraph 2 immediately
below.
2. The candidate with the fewest votes is designated defeated. If two
or more candidates are tied with the fewest number of votes, the candidate
to be defeated shall be determined by lot. A new round of tabulation
starts again pursuant to subparagraph 1 immediately above.
[Ord. No. 2020-07, 11-3-2020; amended 10-16-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-05]
a. Vote tabulation proceeds in rounds as follows:
1. Each ballot is counted, at its current transfer value, for the highest
ranked continuing candidate on that ballot. If there is at least one
candidate with more votes than the election threshold, each candidate
with more votes than the election threshold is designated as elected.
If a candidate who has been designated as elected has surplus fraction
greater than zero, the tabulation proceeds pursuant to subparagraph
2 immediately below. Otherwise, the tabulation proceeds pursuant to
subparagraph 3 below.
2. Of the candidate or candidates who have been designated as elected,
the candidate with the greatest number of votes (with any tie decided
by lot) is deemed to have a number of votes equal to the election
threshold. Each ballot counted for that candidate is assigned a new
transfer value, by multiplying the ballot's current transfer
value by the surplus fraction for the elected candidate, rounded down
to four decimal places. Tabulation continues pursuant to subparagraph
1 above.
3. If the total number of elected and continuing candidates is equal
to the number of seats to be filled plus one, the continuing candidate
with the fewest votes is designated defeated, any remaining continuing
candidates are designated as elected, and the tabulation is complete.
If the total number of elected and continuing candidates is equal
to or less than the number of seats to be filled, the continuing candidate(s)
are declared elected, and tabulation is complete. Otherwise, the continuing
candidate with the fewest votes is designated defeated, and a new
round of tabulation begins pursuant to subparagraph 1 above.