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As part of a California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) settlement, Palm Desert is considering a two-district plan where City Councilmembers are elected by Ranked Choice Voting (RCV).
With RCV, voters rank candidates in order of preference.
For more information: representpd.org
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PARQUE NACIONAL PREFERIDO
Rank candidates in order of your choice,
don’t fill more than one oval per row or per colum.
Elija sus candidatos en orden de preferencia,
no use más de un óvalo por fila o columna.
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Joshua Tree
Death Valley
Sequoia and Kings Canyon
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1st Choice
1a. Opción
2nd Choice
2a. Opción
3rd Choice
3a. Opción
4th Choice
4a. Opción
5th Choice
5a. Opción
6th Choice
6a. Opción
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How to mark your ballot:
Ranked Choice Voting Demonstration Ballot:
Rank candidates in the
order of your choice.
You may rank as many
or as few candidates
as you wish.
Ran ked C hoic e Votingin Palm Desert
Electing Two in the Multi-Seat District
To win, a candidate must receive at least 33.3% of the vote.
In each round, we check to see if any candidates have enough votes to win one of the seats.
• If so, they are elected, and we go to the next round.
• If not, we eliminate the candidate in last place.
• If a voter marked the eliminated candidate as their 1st choice,
their vote will instantly count for their next choice.
• If a voter's top-ranked candidate is elected and receives more votes than they need to win,
that voter has a portion of their vote count for the next person ranked on their ballot.
• This continues until all seats are filled.
How Ranked Choice Voting Ballots Are Counted
Ranked Choice Voting is designed to make sure as many votes as possible count in the election.
Ranked Choice elections are counted in rounds.
Electing One in a Single-Seat District
To win, a candidate must receive at least 50% of the vote.In each round, we check to see if any candidates have enough votes to win.
• If so, they are elected.
• If not, we eliminate the candidate in last place.
• If a voter marked the eliminated candidate as their 1st choice,
their vote will count for their next choice.
• This continues until there is a winner.
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ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3
Only 1st choices are counted.
If a candidate has more than
50% of the votes, they win.
If not counting goes to Round 2.
These rounds continue until
there is a winner.
The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated.
Votes for that candidate are counted for those
voters’ next choice. If a candidate has more
than 50% of the vote, they win. If not counting
goes to Round 3.
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ROUND 1 ROUND 2 ROUND 3
Only 1st choices are counted.
Here, no candidate exceeded 33.3%.
Any surplus is shared for
voters’ 2nd choices.
There is a second winner!
The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated.
Votes for that candidate are counted for those
voters’ 2nd choices. There is a winner!
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