Sentence examples for choice ballot from inspiring English sources

Another one of our ideas for a ranked choice ballot has had even wider reach.

States generally have adopted the ranked choice ballot to comply with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA).

A federal judge ordered Alabama to use a ranked choice ballot for overseas and military voters -- the state's requested remedy -- for the primary election in fall 2013.

In the event of a runoff, the second ballot is examined, and each ranked choice ballot is added to the totals of the top-ranked candidate who has advanced to the runoff.

Arkansas and South Carolina adopted the ranked choice ballot for overseas voters in federal primaries in the mid-2000s, and both states ultimately expanded the program to cover more state and local elections.

Louisiana adopted the ranked choice ballot for overseas voters in the 1990s for its congressional election system, which holds runoffs soon after the first round, and today uses the ballot for more than 10,000 overseas and out-of-state military voters in statewide elections.

Far more cities should adopt the ranked choice ballots for their overseas voters.

Adopt ranked choice ballots to handle overseas voters: Ranked choice ballots at least should be cast by overseas voters so they don't end up having their ballots count for a candidate who has dropped out since mailing in their ballot.

Adopt ranked choice ballots to handle fractured votes: Due to the media's obsession with "winning," we should allow voters to cast ranked choice voting "instant runoff" ballots, which would allow us to determine which of the vote-leaders would have won if matched one-on-one against his or her top opponent.

In 2011 FairVote legal intern Cynthia Okechukwu did an excellent legal analysis that effectively addressed concerns about equal protection of voters, and in 2012 Rob Richie coauthored a Roll Call commentary with leading early voting specialist Paul Gronke on the idea of having ranked choice ballots for overseas voters built into the presidential nominating process.

Imagine if Mississippi had taken its insight into the value of ranked choice voting ballots for overseas voters and extended ranked choice voting to all voters.