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To Build a Better Ballot

An interactive guide to voting systems and why they matter.

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To Build a Better Ballot is an interactive guide to alternative voting systems. It uses visual examples to show how the method you choose for counting votes can change who wins, even when the voters have not changed their minds at all. The page is nonpartisan and visual rather than wordy.

You work through small scenarios and see how different systems handle them. That makes the abstract ideas, such as ranking candidates or spreading support across several options, easier to hold in your head. The goal is to understand the trade-offs, not to sell you a single answer.

It is by Nicky Case and lives at ncase.me, alongside his other playable explainers. It takes about five minutes to get a taste, and longer to go deep. It is useful for civics classes, election nerds and anyone who wants to settle a dinner-table argument with a diagram. Check the page itself for its sources and credits.

Tips for getting the most out of it

  • Go through the scenarios in order.
  • Compare how each system handles the same group of voters.
  • Check the page's credits and sources.

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What is To Build a Better Ballot?

It is an interactive explainer on alternative voting systems. It uses visual examples to show how the voting method can change the result of an election. You can find it at ncase.me, and odd-sites.com lists it as a five-minute visit. We have not confirmed how it behaves on phones, so a computer is the safer choice.

Is To Build a Better Ballot partisan?

The page describes itself as nonpartisan, focusing on how voting systems work rather than who should win. As with any explainer, check the sources it cites if you want to go deeper. We check the link daily, so you can see whether it is still alive.

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