2013 Municipal Election

The 2013 Municipal Election was on November 5, 2013. Offices on the RCV ballot included: Mayor, City Council, Board of Estimate & Taxation, and Park & Recreation Board. 

• New voting machines secured to allow for a Cast Vote Record export.
  • Hand-sorting and hand-counting process was no longer necessary.
  • Some unofficial winners were announced on election night based on the count first-ranked choices.
  • Reduced the time it took to finish all tabulation from 15 days to 3 days.
• The RCV ordinance was amended to clarify voter intent guidelines.
  • Ensured that a voter’s ballot would count toward a preferred candidate even if there were some technical errors.

Read our post-election report from 2013

2013 Municipal Election Results

2017 Municipal Election

The 2017 Municipal Election was on November 7, 2017. Offices on the RCV ballot included: Mayor, City Council, Board of Estimate & Taxation, and Park & Recreation Board. 

• An additional method of batch elimination was introduced.
  • Allowed for some candidates to be defeated earlier during the tabulation process based on a mathematical review of their potential vote total.
• The tabulation team was increased so that two races could be tabulated concurrently.
  • Resulted in all tabulation being completed the day after Election Day, meaning that unofficial results from all races were available less than 24 hours after the polls closed.
• In partnership with the Information Technology department, we introduced data visualizations to display the round-by-round changes in tabulation for each race.

Read our post-election report from 2017

2017 Municipal Election Results

2020 Special Election

Special Election - Council Ward 6 was held on August 11, 2020 in conjunction with the State Primary. The only office on the RCV ballot was for City Council Ward 6. Only Ward 6 voters had this race on their ballot.

• First special election conducted using RCV in Minneapolis.
• First time that a Minneapolis RCV race appeared on a state and federal ballot.
• The tabulation process mirrored 2017 procedures, and the entire tabulation was completed in under two hours.

2020 Special Election Results

2021 Municipal Election

The 2021 Municipal Election was on November 2, 2021. Offices on the RCV ballot included: Mayor, City Council, Board of Estimate & Taxation, and Park & Recreation Board.

• Staffing for the tabulation team was increased so that up to four races could be tabulated concurrently.
  • All tabulation was completed and results were announced by 5 p.m. on the day after Election Day.
• The Ranked Choice Voting Universal Tabulator software was introduced as a quality check step during tabulation.
  • This automated tool tabulates RCV results in seconds and confirmed the winners determined through the existing tabulation process.
• We developed procedures and successfully conducted the first full recount of an RCV election in Minneapolis for the City Council Ward 2 race.

2021 Municipal Election Results

2023 Municipal Election

The 2023 Municipal Election was on November 7, 2023. Only City Council was on the ballot.

• Three of the thirteen contests required ranked choice voting tabulation.
• All tabulation was completed and results were announced by 11:30 a.m. on the day after Election Day.
• The Ranked Choice Voting Universal Tabulator software was again used as a quality check step during tabulation.

2023 Municipal Election Results