General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5950
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2518
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5950
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2518
*02518*
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the Secretary of the State conduct a study on the merits of and best practices in implementing for elections a method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which last-place candidates are defeated and the candidate with the most votes in the final round is elected.
Statement of Purpose:
To conduct a study of ranked-choice voting.