Ranked choice voting is a simple idea. There are complexities and nuances to discuss beneath the surface, of course, but at the surface the basic idea is very easy to understand, and even a very basic understanding makes much of why it can work so well as a collective decision-making mechanism intuitively apparent. The purpose of this project is to communicate that simple idea, hopefully in a way that leaves the user with that intuition.
Our application allows users to experience ranked choice voting in a hands-on way from several angles. Given our emphasis on communicating the simplicity and elegance of the idea of RCV, it is imperative that simplicity and elegance is embodied in the look, feel and behavior of the application, and this need will be reflected in our design and execution of each of its interfaces. At the same time, we want to satisfy a range of use cases that will demand a significant degree of explorability, discoverability, and customizability in different parts of the application: This theme of simplicity at the surface underlain by a depth of capability beneath will recur in many of our interfaces:
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