How to fill out your Ranked Choice ballot

With Ranked Choice Voting, you can rank up to five candidates in order of preference instead of choosing just one. Here’s how to fill out your ballot:

  1. Pick your 1st choice candidate and completely fill in the oval next to their name under the 1st column.
  2. If you have a 2nd choice candidate, fill in the oval next to their name under the 2nd column.
  3. You can rank up to five candidates. You can still vote for only one candidate if you prefer. However, ranking other candidates does not harm your 1st choice.

 

Practice on a sample ballot!

Use this sample ballot to practice ranking your choices! We’ll let you know if your ballot is filled out correctly or how to fix it if you make an error.

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Rank up to 5 choices.

Only rank one candidate per column
Don’t rank any candidate more than once

Rank up to 5 choices.

Only rank one candidate per column
Don’t rank any candidate more than once

1st Choice
2nd Choice
3rd Choice
4th Choice
5th Choice
Purple
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
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