Designing Ranked Choice Voting results displays in news articles
Reporting the winners and losers is an important part of any election. Voters need the right amount of info to understand what happened, how it happened, and the counting status. Voters also need to be able to easily access additional information about the election when and if they want to. Results displays for Ranked Choice Voting that clearly answer those questions increase trust in the election and reduce confusion about a new way of voting.
These guidelines are for newspapers and media outlets of any size to use when designing RCV results displays. But, we also think that many of the guidelines are relevant to election office results displays!
Designing Ranked Choice Voting results displays in news articles
These best practices cover 3 RCV results categories:
- General guidelines for displays and articles
- Best practices for static data visualizations
- Specific guidance for discussing and displaying Incomplete Results