ELEC CD-RANKED CHOICE VOTING
Summary
Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer shall be elected by ranked-choice voting. Provides for ranked-choice ballots to be produced. Provides that voters may rank their choice for candidates for those offices and provides for interpretations of certain ballot marks. Provides that tallying ranked-choice votes proceeds in rounds. Provides that in each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted, that each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round, and that exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. Provides that if only 2 candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total wins, and that if more than 2 candidates remain, the last-place candidate is eliminated and another round of tallying is to commence. Provides that rounds continue until a winner is found. Makes conforming changes.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2021
Last action Jan 10, 2023
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
3
Committee
15
Amendments
1
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 To Executive- Elections
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
Re-assigned to Executive
upper
Jul 16, 2021
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
upper
May 21, 2021
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Executive
upper
May 11, 2021
Committee
Re-assigned to Executive
upper
May 7, 2021
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
May 5, 2021
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
May 5, 2021
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Committee
Re-assigned to Executive
upper
Apr 16, 2021
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Feb 26, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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