But the city had adopted ranked-choice voting in a mayor’s race for the first time, which allowed voters to list up to five candidates in order of preference. Because no one received more than 50 percent of first-choice votes, the last-place candidate was eliminated and that person’s votes were redistributed to whomever those voters ranked second. The process repeated until there was a winner.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2021 23:48 UTC