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Instant-runoff Voting

Instant-Runoff Voting is a ranked preferential voting system in which voters rank candidates by preference, and successive rounds of vote elimination and redistribution occur until one candidate achieves a majority by receiving more than half of the active votes.

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Citations

37

Authors

30

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

10

Variants

Alternative VoteIrv

Parents

Publications

25

Scantegrity II Municipal Election at Takoma Park: The First E2E Binding Governmental Election with Ballot Privacy

Richard Carback · 2026 · 112 citations · Full text

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If you like the alternative vote (a.k.a. the instant runoff), then you ought to know about the Coombs rule

Bernard Grofman, Scott L. Feld · Electoral Studies · 2003 · 107 citations

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Runoff elections in the United States

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 102 citations

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Computing the margin of victory in IRV elections

Thomas R. Magrino, Ronald L. Rivest, Emily Shen et al. · 2011 · 73 citations

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Overvoting and the Equality of Voice under Instant-Runoff Voting in San Francisco

Francis Neely, Jason A. McDaniel · California Journal of Politics and Policy · 2015 · 56 citations · Full text

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Authors

37

  1. JA
    Jason A. McDaniel

    Berkeley College, United States

    3 publications · 111 citations

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  2. FN
    Francis Neely

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    3 publications · 122 citations

    3

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  3. IL
    Inés Levin

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  4. TE
    Thad E. Hall

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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  5. RM
    R. Michael Alvarez

    California Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 55 citations

    2

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Institutions

30

  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    304 citations

  2. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    162 citations

  3. Berkeley College

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    286 citations

  4. San Francisco State University

    San Francisco, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    93 citations

  5. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    55 citations

  6. State Street (United States)

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    42 citations

  7. Illinois State University

    Normal, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of Politics

    JP · 2 publications · 65 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 119 citations

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  3. Electoral Studies

    2 publications · 130 citations

    2

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  4. California Journal of Politics and Policy

    2 publications · 70 citations

    2

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  5. Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

    ELJ · 2 publications · 55 citations

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