What is Preferential Voting (PV)?

Rev 06 Dec 25

Original ChatGPT version

Preferential Voting is a one-member, one-round system that lets voters rank candidates in order of preference:

  • Put a “1” next to your first choice
  • A “2” next to your second choice
  • A “3” next to your third choice, and so on

Under the optional version we’re proposing:

  • You may rank as many or as few candidates as you like.
  • If you only want to back one candidate, you can still just mark a single “X” or “1” – your choice.