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Ranked choice voting is when a voter ranks each candidate from favorite to least favorite. Our current first past the post system is such more simple, only being one check. FPTP simply gives the person with the most votes victory. The main problem is when people are forced to chose between the "lesser of two evils" and don't vote for their favorite candidate because they want to keep their least favorite candidate out of office. A single transferable vote (alternative voting) first removes the candidate with the least first votes then redistributes those votes based on their choices. This process continues until someone comes out with a majority. In cases where more than one person fills in the spot, candidates which went over an amount of votes have them redistributed based on their choices.
This video explains it better:
This video explains it better: