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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 951
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1708
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING RANKED -CHOICE VOTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 9 of the general statutes be amended to (1) provide for a 1
method of casting and tabulating votes whereby voters rank candidates 2
in order of preference, tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in 3
which last-place candidates are defeated and the candidate with the 4
most votes in the final round is elected, (2) allow such a method to be 5
used in presidential preference primaries, and (3) allow municipalities 6
the option to use such a method for single-member offices. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for the method of election known as ranked-choice voting
and allow its use for presidential preference primaries and certain
municipal elections.