Displaying Ranked Choice Voting election results

How RCV election results are displayed is the crucial third element to making sure that both voters and candidates trust and understand the election. (Alongside voter education and ballot design.) The goal is to make election results transparent with an overview of how the winner won, and a step by step of the RCV tabulation process.

Results displays that show the winner and tell a narrative story of the election:

Increase trust for voters and candidates.
Show how an individual voter’s ballot was counted and contributes to the whole.

These guidelines are for election officials and news organizations creating RCV results displays on their websites.