Allows ranked-choice voting options for municipal and school board elections under certain circumstances.

New Jersey's A 1745 bill permits municipalities and school boards to adopt ranked-choice voting for local elections, including mayoral, council, and school board races. It allows communities to choose this voting method through local ordinances, resolutions, or voter referendums requiring at least 10% of eligible voters' signatures. For single-winner races (like mayor), it uses an "instant runoff" system where votes transfer if no candidate reaches 50%, while multi-winner races (like council seats) use a "single transferable vote" method to allocate seats proportionally. The bill does not require adoption but provides clear rules for implementation, currently pending in the Assembly State and Local Government Committee.