First Past the Post (Plurality) Voting
Sample ballot:
A simple vote counting algorithm in which voters select one (and only one) candidate for each position. This is the election system that is commonly used throughout North America.
Ballots are counted and the candidate with the most votes in their favour wins the election. For elections with more than 2 candidates a majority of the votes (greater than 50% of the total) is not needed to win.
For example, if candidate one has 10 votes, candidate two has 11 votes, and candidate three has 12 votes, candidate three will win since they have the most votes of the three, even though they have less than 50% of the total ballots cast.
Note: If you would like voters to be able to select more than one candidate for each position, you can choose a Preferential Ballot instead, and choose the elected candidates based only on the number of first-place votes they receive in the first round of ballot counting.