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Ranked Choice Voting

Ranked Choice Voting: A system of voting in which voters rank candidates on their ballot by order of preference.

Help America Vote Act (HAVA)

Federal law to improve election administration through reforms such as mandatory minimum standards and funding to meet standards.

Runoff Election

Elections between the two top candidates from a primary or general election often when the winner has not won both the most votes and earned at least 50% of the vote.

Election Certification

The process by which votes are tabulated and election results are made official.

Voter Rolls and Voter Purging

The list of registered voters who can cast a ballot in an election. Several states have recently abused their power to purge millions of voters from the rolls.

Local Elections 2021

Every year is an election year! Even when there aren’t national or statewide elections, local elections are happening across the country.

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