Establishes ranked-choice voting procedure for elections for Governor, State Senate, State General Assembly, United States Senate and House of Representatives, and presidential primaries and general elections for electors for United States President and Vice-President.
This bill (A6204) would require ranked-choice voting for several New Jersey and federal elections, including governor, state legislature, U.S. Senate and House races, and presidential primaries and general elections for presidential electors. Voters would rank candidates in order of preference on ballots, with votes redistributed in rounds until a candidate meets the election threshold (33% +1 for state assembly, 50% +1 for other offices). The process continues until one candidate achieves the threshold or all remaining candidates are eliminated, with ballots becoming "exhausted" if they no longer rank any remaining candidates. The bill mandates ballot design allowing at least six rankings and write-in candidates, applying to all specified elections starting from the next applicable cycle.
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in committee
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Dec 2025
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Governor
Introduced Dec 8, 2025
Last action Dec 8, 2025
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
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Joe Danielsen
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