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Alaska’s contentious U.S. Senate race and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District runoff have put ranked choice voting back in the national spotlight. Under this election system, voters rank their candidates in order of preference, and whoever ultimately gets more than half of the first-preference votes wins. 

Ranked choice voting is used statewide in Alaska and Maine, but there’s growing interest in jurisdictions across the country to adopt the practice. However, many states are still cautious about using ranked choice voting.