Using Legos to explain voting from @nycvotes
The speaker explains the mechanics of Ranked Choice Voting by using colorful Lego bricks to represent ballots and candidates. She demonstrates the process of ranking, counting first choices, eliminating the lowest-ranked candidate, and redistributing votes until a winner is determined.
Creator: @nycvotes on Instagram
Transcript
With rank choice voting, you can rank up to five candidates in order of preference instead of choosing just one. So I've ranked my favorite colors in order of preference with green being my top choice, then blue, and so on. Each LEGO stack represents one person's ballot. But with so many choices, how do we figure out the winner? Once the ballots are in, all first choices are counted. If a candidate gets more than 50% of first choice votes, they win the election, and that's that. If no candidate
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