Single non-transferable vote

Okay, so imagine you're in a big room with lots of your friends, and you all want to pick someone to be in charge of the room. But you can only pick one person! That's what a single non-transferable vote (SNTV) is all about.

Basically, everyone in the room gets to pick out their favorite person for the job, and they write that person's name down on a piece of paper. Then, everyone takes turns showing their paper to the rest of the group and talking about why they think their person would be the best leader.

Finally, everyone counts up how many votes their person got, and the person with the most votes wins! But there's a catch: even if someone else got lots of votes too, they still don't get to be in charge because they weren't the very most popular person.

This means that sometimes people can win with only a small percentage of the total votes, and it can be hard for people who like other candidates to feel like their voices were heard. But that's just how a single non-transferable vote works.