07-19-2021 If you've been following the mayoral race in New York City you've probably heard of Ranked-Choice Voting which is catching on in a growing number of cities across the country. Ranked-choice voting lets voters ranked candidates giving them control over their second, third, fourth, and fifth choices for office, but it's not without controversy. How We Vote The technology Americans use to cast their ballots has changed over the years from ballot boxes to giant lever machines, to electronic machines. However, what hasn't changed is most Americans still cast just one vote for one candidate. These days, a growing number of localities are opting to let voters rank every candidate running in an election.