TARGET VOTING

What is Target Voting?In an at-large election you will have the opportunity to vote for several candidates. You know who your favorite candidate is and who your third or fourth favorite is, but the machine that counts the votes counts them all the same. In reality, the more candidates you vote for, the more you may be helping your favorite candidate to lose. So what to do? I recommend that you limit your votes to candidates that you truly support and absolutely want to win. In a tightly contested race target voting will be the difference between having your favorite candidate win or lose.