Ranked Choice Voting Historical Files
See RCV Updates on Planning and Implementation for information on that led up to the 2009 RCV election.
Background information and the important data files from implementing the first Ranked Choice Voting Election for municipal offices in the City of Minneapolis in 2009.
Overview
- How the 2009 RCV Elections Works
- RCV Minneapolis Method Fact Sheet
- RCV Minneapolis Method Story
- 2009 Election Statistics with Glossary (pdf)
Ballot Design
- May 2009 Test Election Ballots (pdf) – MN design - 4 precincts – Preliminary draft ballot design
- November 2009 Generic Sample Ballot (pdf) – Parks and Lakes – 1 precinct – Final November design
Hand-counting Materials
- Minneapolis Method for Hand-counting RCV (pdf) – Administrative Rules for Ballot Sorter & Counter, Voter Error Accountant & Write-in Ballot sorter & Counter, Voter Error Accounting Chart, Write-In Votes, Data Entry, Reconciliation and Verification, Data Analysis – Single Seat Elections, Data Analysis – Multiple Seat Elections
- Minneapolis Method Forms Samples (pdf)
- Minneapolis Method RCV Hand-Count Training (pdf) – used in training 10/21- 24/09
- Twice Daily Seating Chart (pdf)
Data
- Candidate Designations (XLS) – first three letters of each candidate name
Raw data files for each of the 22 offices in Excel or PDF format
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Single Seat Offices |
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Mayor |
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Council Member Ward 1 |
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Council Member Ward 2 |
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Council Member Ward 3 |
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Council Member Ward 4 |
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Council Member Ward 5 |
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Council Member Ward 6 |
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Council Member Ward 7 |
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Council Member Ward 8 |
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Council Member Ward 9 |
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Council Member Ward 10 |
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Council Member Ward 11 |
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Council Member Ward 12 |
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Council Member Ward 13 |
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Park and Recreation Board District 1 |
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Park and Recreation Board District 2 |
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Park and Recreation Board District 3 |
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Park and Recreation Board District 4 |
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Park and Recreation Board District 5 |
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Park and Recreation Board District 6 |
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Multiple Seat offices |
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Board of Estimate and Taxation – At-Large – elect 2 |
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Park and Recreation Board – At-Large – elect 3 |
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Post Election Reports
- City Council Resolution (pdf) honors hundreds who help implement Ranked Choice Voting
- RCV Education and Outreach Report (pdf) to Minneapolis Foundation
- Ranked Choice Voting Survey of Voters, Candidates and Election Judges (PDF) by St. Cloud State University Survey Research Report (PDF) – revised February 2010
- Presentation on Survey (pdf) by St. Cloud State University to Minneapolis City Council
- Ranked Choice Administrative Costs for 2009 – report to Ways & Means & Elections Committees
- August 2010 - The City of Minneapolis Elections Department receives a national award from the National Association of Election Officials, for its work to implement Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in the city in 2009. The association presented Minneapolis with its Guardian Award, which recognizes work that exemplifies the association’s code of ethics, principles, and standards for the elections profession. In presenting the award, the National Association of Election Officials noted "The enormity of the task and the level of detail it encompassed were mindboggling as they developed processes and successfully hand-counted an RCV election. This is an example of our profession at its best."
Last updated Sep. 27, 2011