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title: "Ranked-Choice Voting in HOAs: Is It Allowed for Board Elections?"
description: Can HOAs legally use ranked-choice voting to avoid runoff elections? Learn when this method is allowed, what governing documents must specify, and how ballot allocation works in community association elections.
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# Ranked-Choice Voting in HOAs: Is It Allowed for Board Elections?

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## What do you think? Question:

*This question was submitted by Nancy of Delaware*  

We are wondering if an HOA can use ranked-choice voting for board elections. Currently, if no candidate gets 51% of the vote, we are required to hold a new election. We don’t have a process for eliminating the lowest-ranking candidates and reallocating votes.  

Can ranked-choice voting be used instead so the election can be completed in one round?  

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