Ranked Choice Voting Historical Files

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

• RCV Minneapolis Method Fact Sheet
• RCV Minneapolis Method Story
• 2009 Election Statistics with Glossary (PDF)

Hand-counting Materials

• Minneapolis Method for Hand-counting RCV (PDF) – Duty Cards 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

Single Seat Offices
Mayor	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 1	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 2	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 3	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 4	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 5	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 6	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 7	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 8	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 9	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 10	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 11	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 12	.XLS	.PDF
Council Member Ward 13	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board District 1	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board District 2	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board District 3	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board District 4	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board District 5	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board District 6	.XLS	.PDF
Multiple Seat offices
Board of Estimate and Taxation – At-Large – elect 2	.XLS	.PDF
Park and Recreation Board – At-Large – elect 3	.XLS	.PDF

Post Election Reports

• St. Cloud State University Survey Research Report (PDF)