Sample ballots
You can learn more about ranked choice voting by using our interactive sample ballots and by viewing PDFs of ballots used in actual public elections in the United States.
Practice voting on RCV123, using our sample ballots
- Favorite ice cream flavor — number of rankings equals the number of candidates — most US RCV elections
- Favorite Central Park Zoo animal — five rank limit — based on New York City ballot
- Favorite Alaska wild animal — four rank limit — based on Alaska ballot
Actual ballots used in U.S. elections (
PDF files)
- State of Main 2024 — rank all candidates
- Portland, Oregon 2024 — six rank limit
- New York City Mayoral Primary (D) 2021 — five rank limit
- State of Alaska 2021 — five rank limit
- Minneapolis 2021 — three rank limit