The Prevalence and Consequences of Ballot Truncation in Ranked-Choice Elections

• In Event: Strategic Voting

Brief Overview

In ranked-choice (single-winner transferable-vote) elections, voters often truncate their ballots, which can change the winner and miss a Condorcet winner. Ballot truncation and its unpredictable effects argue against ranked-choice elections.

Authors

• Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University

• Jean-Charles Gregoire, INRS Universite de Recherche

• Angele Hamel, Wilfrid Laurier University