Because ranked choice voting is actually a thing some places, mostly overseas, but also in a few towns in the US. So the company has that feature as an option to help them sell their product. It should have been turned off for the presidential vote tabulating. But clearly it wasn't, because it provided the perfect avenue to manipulate vote tallies.
In ranked choice, the candidate with the least 1st place votes is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the 2nd place choice on those ballots. There are no fractional votes.
Because ranked choice voting is actually a thing some places, mostly overseas, but also in a few towns in the US. So the company has that feature as an option to help them sell their product. It should have been turned off for the presidential vote tabulating. But clearly it wasn't, because it provided the perfect avenue to manipulate vote tallies.
How does ranked choice lead to fraction votes?
In ranked choice, the candidate with the least 1st place votes is eliminated, and their votes are redistributed to the 2nd place choice on those ballots. There are no fractional votes.
I'm full of terrible explanations!