Explaining STV - It's Important to Know
- Lily Brown
- Sep 18
- 1 min read
Love chocolate? See how Andrea Compton (Northern/Takapū Ward) and I use M&M’s to explain how the STV works for the mayoral election.
Key messages
* For a mayor to be elected, they require 50% of the vote plus 1. This doesn’t usually happen in the first round of counting.
* Ranking matters! Don’t rank everyone; only those whom you want to represent you.
* 3 is a good number of choices!
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