RunOff Voting System
Two-round system, a voting system used to elect a single winner, whereby only two candidates from the first round continue to the second round, where one candidate will win. Instant-runoff voting, an electoral system whereby voters rank the candidates in order of preference.
What is a Runoff Election?
A runoff election is a second election. It is held if the top vote-getting candidate in a first election a primary or a general election did not achieve the minimum percentage of votes required in that state.
Two-round system
Two-round system
Two-round system, a voting system used to elect a single winner, whereby only two candidates from the first round continue to the second round, where one candidate will win.
Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting
Instant-runoff voting, an electoral system whereby voters rank the candidates in order of preference.
Contingent vote
Contingent vote
Contingent vote, an instant-runoff (preferential, single round) version of the two-round system.
Exhaustive ballot
Exhaustive ballot
Exhaustive ballot, a reiterative voting system, whereby rounds of voting continue (with or without elimination) until one candidate achieves a majority, also called repeated balloting.