AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS AND IN CERTAIN PARTY PRIMARIES.

HB 6470 authorizes Connecticut municipalities to adopt ranked-choice voting (RCV) for local elections and allows political parties to use RCV in primaries with three or more candidates, per their internal rules. The bill directly affects local governments (which may choose to implement RCV) and political parties (which may apply RCV to qualifying primaries). Key provisions include permitting voters to rank candidates in order of preference instead of selecting just one, with votes redistributed if no candidate wins a majority. This change applies only to municipal elections and specific party primaries - not state-level races - and does not require any jurisdiction to adopt the system.