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The New York City 2025 Mayor Democratic Primary results are in! How does the #RankedChoiceVoting count work with batch elimination? 

Batch elimination is just a fancy way of saying this:

In traditional instant runoff counting, you go round by round, eliminating the candidate who has the fewest top choice votes, one at a time, until one candidate has a majority -- and then sometimes you continue reducing to two candidates to see the final delta.

With batch elimination, in any round, you eliminate all the candidates that have no chance of beating the candidate ahead of them, even with the votes of all the candidates behind them.

The results will be the same either way, but batch elimination results are easier to digest -- fewer rounds, more focus on the most relevant candidates.

Image from: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/1/2331150/-NYC-releases-Ranked-Choice-Voting-results-for-Mayoral-Primary-and-they-changed-nothing

The New York City 2025 Mayor Democratic Primary results are in! How does the #RankedChoiceVoting count work with "batch elimination"?

Batch elimination is just a fancy way of saying this:

In traditional instant runoff counting, you go round by round, eliminating the candidate who has the fewest top choice votes, one at a time, until one candidate has a majority — and then sometimes you continue reducing to two candidates to see the final delta.

With batch elimination, in any round, you eliminate all the candidates that have no chance of beating the candidate ahead of them, even with the votes of all the candidates behind them.

The results will be the same either way, but batch elimination results are easier to digest — fewer rounds, more focus on the most relevant candidates.

Image from: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/1/2331150/-NYC-releases-Ranked-Choice-Voting-results-for-Mayoral-…
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Boo, hiss! These are taxpayer funded elections in Nevada. #LetUsVote See MoreSee Less

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#Alaska already uses #RankedChoiceVoting for statewide elections, now the Juneau Assembly is considering #RCV for local contests!

#Alaska already uses #RankedChoiceVoting for statewide elections, now the Juneau Assembly is considering #RCV for local contests! See MoreSee Less

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Join this zoom to get involved bringing Choice Voting to San Diego! Register: https://www.mobilize.us/calrcv/event/807774/

Join this zoom to get involved bringing Choice Voting to San Diego! Register: www.mobilize.us/calrcv/event/807774/ See MoreSee Less

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Help support local laboratories of #democracy right here in #Massachusetts!

vcma.nationbuilder.com/join
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✅ BIG NEWS ✅

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers has officially approved our 100-word summary for the Ranked Choice Voting ballot initiative! After an extensive review process, we’re cleared to move forward and that means…

🖨️ Petition printing begins NOW.
🖊️ Signature gathering is NEXT.
2026 is within reach!

This is a huge step for our movement and now we need all hands on deck.

We’re about to hit the streets to collect the signatures that will put Ranked Choice Voting on the ballot. That means we need volunteers across Michigan ready to go.

📍 If you’ve been waiting for the moment to step up, this is it.

➡️ Sign up to help today: www.rankmivote.org/volunteer
#RankMIVote #RCV #Ballot2026 #DemocracyInAction #RCVforMI
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And absolute representation! #RCV #RankedChoiceVoting

And absolute representation! #RCV #RankedChoiceVoting See MoreSee Less

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We will be speaking about #RankedChoiceVoting at the July 4 #RallyForDemocracy in #Columbus!
🗽🇺🇸 rtvo.org/rally2025
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1 week ago

Turns out people can vote their dreams and have hope, even when told to accept the inevitable. Who knew?

RCV in NYC June 24, 2025
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Grace and Paige tabled for #RankedChoiceVoting outside of Xpress Fitness during the Strawberry Festival in London, Ohio! 🍓 rtvo.org/action See MoreSee Less

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#RCV = More representative elections!

#RCV = More representative elections! See MoreSee Less

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