(Portland, OR) -- The Multnomah County Elections office is preparing for the debut of ranked-choice voting on City of Portland ballots in the November 5th General Election. Voters will rank up to six City Council candidates in order of preference, with the top three declared the winners. Oregon law requires a hand recount in any contest where results are within one-fifth of one percent. Last month, 50 people, including elections staff and national experts, spent five days with six-thousand sample ballots, becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to practice and refine a ranked-choice vote recount process. Officials say it's complicated and will take longer to do, but they're ready.