About this Event
An Analysis of Utah’s Ranked Choice Voting Pilot Program
In 2018, the Utah Legislature supported a bill to run a pilot program of ranked choice voting (RCV). That pilot started in two municipalities for the 2019 election cycle. In 2020, the Utah Legislature and Governor Gary Herbert supported expanding the pilot. With the data and analyses from those election cycles now available, Dr. Kidd and Dr. Parry have examined the data to determine the mathematical usefulness of ranked choice voting in Utah.
Ranked choice voting (also known as instant runoff voting) is an alternative to plurality voting. It has voters rank their choices, first, second, third and so on. If one candidate wins over 50% during the first round, that candidate wins. If no candidate has a majority, the last place finisher is eliminated, and his or her supporters' votes are reallocated to their next backup choice. That process is repeated until someone wins a majority of the votes.
Dr. Kidd and Dr. Alan, fellows with UVU's Herbert Institute for Public Policy, will be sharing their mathematical insights into the analyses completed surrounding this pilot program, and answering questions.
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