Sources & Research

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CHECK US.

Every important factual claim should lead to the evidence behind it.

Facts

Show where the number, rule, date, or historical claim came from.

Arguments

Show evidence supporting the argument and meaningful evidence against it.

Positions

When RankedVoting.us takes a position, label it as a position instead of disguising it as a fact.

Sources & research

The references are part of the site, not an afterthought.

The next data pass will connect factual claims directly to their sources and build a maintainable research library.

Election rules Statutes, election manuals, ballots, and jurisdiction documentation.
Election data Turnout, results, ballot counts, demographics, and election datasets.
Research Original studies, datasets, methodology, criticism, and replication where available.
Advocacy Supportive and opposing organizations identified clearly as advocacy sources.
History Archival, constitutional, statutory, municipal, and scholarly records.
Overview Ranked voting — Wikipedia as a secondary overview and map to additional references.

Rule: A source should be cited for what it actually proves. A law proves what the law says. A dataset proves the values it reports. An advocacy group proves what that group argues. None automatically becomes the single authority for every claim.