The following article was submitted by FairVote Minnesota:

This fall, Minneapolis has important city council races on the ballot which voters decide using ranked choice voting (RCV). In a ranked-choice election, instead of choosing just one candidate, you have the opportunity to rank your first, second, and third choices. If a candidate has more than 50% of the first-choice votes, they win. If not, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and those voters have their second choice counted. This process continues until one candidate reaches a majority and wins. Remember: Your second choice only counts if your first choice is eliminated. Rank all the candidates to give your vote as much power as possible.

Ranked choice voting eliminated local August primaries; so you only have to come to the polls once and can consider all the candidates in a single election.

Find out what’s on your ballot at myballotmn.sos.state.mn.us/ and learn more about ranked choice voting and this year’s elections at rankyourvote.org and vote.minneapolismn.gov. Early voting is open, and election day is November 7!