Runoff voting

Runoff voting

Runoff voting can refer to:
* 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
* Instant-runoff voting - an electoral system whereby voters rank the candidates in order of preference
* Exhaustive ballot - a voting system whereby rounds of voting continue (with or without elimination) until one candidate achieves a majority. Also called "repeated balloting"


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