 The Hare Rule:  The ballots are rankings of the candidates. If a candidate is ranked first by more than 50% of the voters, then that candidate is declared the winner. If there is no candidate with a strict majority of first place votes, repeatedly delete the candidate or candidates that receive the fewest first-place votes (i.e., the candidate(s) with the lowest plurality  score(s)). The first candidate to be ranked first by strict majority of voters is declared the winner (if there is no such candidate, then the remaining candidate(s) are declared the winners). 