ELEC CD-RANKED CHOICE VOTING
Summary
Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices 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
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Oct 28, 2019
Last action May 15, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
10
May 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 22, 2020
upper
Apr 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 15, 2020
upper
Apr 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 7, 2020
upper
Apr 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 30, 2020
upper
Apr 12, 2020
Committee
Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 24, 2020
upper
Mar 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As April 2, 2020
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
To Subcommittee on Election Law
upper
Jan 22, 2020
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Oct 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
0 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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