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11 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2807 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Primaries Act. Provides that any State-administered primary election for the President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning form of ballot, tabulation, inactive ballots and undervotes, and ties for ranked choice voting. Provides that at least 150 days before the date of the presidential primary election, the State committee of each political party that intends to use the State-administered presidential primary in its nomination process shall inform the State Board of Elections in writing of its intention. Provides that the State committee's written notice shall indicate whether the party prefers tabulation to occur on a winner-take-all basis or on a proportional basis. Provides that if a party's notice fails to specify how to tabulate ballots, the State-administered presidential primary election for that party shall be tabulated on a statewide winner-take-all basis. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules or guidance to facilitate the release of unofficial preliminary round-by-round results and unofficial preliminary cast vote records as soon as feasible after the polls close and at regular intervals thereafter until the counting of ballots is complete. Sets forth information that the State Board of Elections shall make public. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall have the authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms. LRB103 30230 BMS 56658 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2807 Introduced , by Rep. Maurice A. West, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Primaries Act. Provides that any State-administered primary election for the President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning form of ballot, tabulation, inactive ballots and undervotes, and ties for ranked choice voting. Provides that at least 150 days before the date of the presidential primary election, the State committee of each political party that intends to use the State-administered presidential primary in its nomination process shall inform the State Board of Elections in writing of its intention. Provides that the State committee's written notice shall indicate whether the party prefers tabulation to occur on a winner-take-all basis or on a proportional basis. Provides that if a party's notice fails to specify how to tabulate ballots, the State-administered presidential primary election for that party shall be tabulated on a statewide winner-take-all basis. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules or guidance to facilitate the release of unofficial preliminary round-by-round results and unofficial preliminary cast vote records as soon as feasible after the polls close and at regular intervals thereafter until the counting of ballots is complete. Sets forth information that the State Board of Elections shall make public. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall have the authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms. LRB103 30230 BMS 56658 b LRB103 30230 BMS 56658 b A BILL FOR
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1111 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
1212 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1313 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1414 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Ranked
1515 5 Choice Voting for Presidential Primaries Act.
1616 6 Section 5. Definitions.
1717 7 As used in this Act:
1818 8 "Active candidate" means any candidate who has not been
1919 9 eliminated during tabulation or is not a withdrawn candidate.
2020 10 "Highest-ranked active candidate" means the active
2121 11 candidate assigned to a higher ranking than any other active
2222 12 candidates on a ballot.
2323 13 "Inactive ballot" means a ballot that does not count for
2424 14 any candidate for any of the reasons set forth in subsection
2525 15 (a) of Section 25.
2626 16 "Overvote" means an instance in which a voter has ranked
2727 17 more than one candidate at the same ranking order.
2828 18 "Ranking order" means the number available to be assigned
2929 19 by a voter to a candidate to express the voter's choice for
3030 20 that candidate; the number "1" is the highest ranking order,
3131 21 followed by "2", and then "3" and so on in ascending numerical
3232 22 order.
3333 23 "Round" means an instance of the sequence of voting
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4040 Creates the Ranked Choice Voting for Presidential Primaries Act. Provides that any State-administered primary election for the President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning form of ballot, tabulation, inactive ballots and undervotes, and ties for ranked choice voting. Provides that at least 150 days before the date of the presidential primary election, the State committee of each political party that intends to use the State-administered presidential primary in its nomination process shall inform the State Board of Elections in writing of its intention. Provides that the State committee's written notice shall indicate whether the party prefers tabulation to occur on a winner-take-all basis or on a proportional basis. Provides that if a party's notice fails to specify how to tabulate ballots, the State-administered presidential primary election for that party shall be tabulated on a statewide winner-take-all basis. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules or guidance to facilitate the release of unofficial preliminary round-by-round results and unofficial preliminary cast vote records as soon as feasible after the polls close and at regular intervals thereafter until the counting of ballots is complete. Sets forth information that the State Board of Elections shall make public. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall have the authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms.
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6868 1 tabulation conducted in accordance with subsection (b) of
6969 2 Section 20 for winner-take-all selection of delegates or
7070 3 subsection (c) of Section 20 for proportional selection of
7171 4 delegates.
7272 5 "Skipped ranking" means a voter has left a ranking order
7373 6 unassigned but ranks a candidate at a subsequent ranking
7474 7 order.
7575 8 "Threshold for receiving delegates" means the amount of
7676 9 votes necessary for a candidate to receive delegates in
7777 10 primary elections conducted in accordance with subsection (c)
7878 11 of Section 20.
7979 12 "Undervote" means a ballot that does not contain any
8080 13 candidates at any ranking in a particular contest.
8181 14 "Withdrawn candidate" means any candidate who:
8282 15 (1) has filed a signed letter of withdrawal with the
8383 16 national and State party chairs in compliance with any
8484 17 applicable party rules that may exist governing the
8585 18 timing, procedures, or substance of candidate withdrawals
8686 19 or suspensions; and
8787 20 (2) has filed a signed letter of withdrawal before
8888 21 election day with the State election official designated
8989 22 to receive the letter.
9090 23 Section 10. Ranked choice voting for presidential primary
9191 24 elections. Any State-administered primary election for the
9292 25 President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked
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103103 1 choice voting as set forth in this Act.
104104 2 Section 15. Ranked choice voting; form of ballot.
105105 3 (a) Any ballot used to conduct ranked choice voting shall
106106 4 allow voters to rank candidates in order of choice.
107107 5 (b) Any ballot used to conduct ranked choice voting shall
108108 6 allow voters to rank up to 5 qualified candidates. If voting
109109 7 equipment cannot accommodate 5 rankings, the State Board of
110110 8 Elections may limit the number of choices a voter may rank on
111111 9 the ballot to the maximum number allowed by the equipment,
112112 10 however, the number of rankings allowed shall be no fewer than
113113 11 3 and shall be uniform across the State.
114114 12 (c) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to allow
115115 13 a voter to vote for candidates of any party in a primary in
116116 14 which the voter is not eligible to vote.
117117 15 Section 20. Ranked choice voting; tabulation.
118118 16 (a) In any State-administered primary election for
119119 17 President of the United States conducted using ranked choice
120120 18 voting, each ballot shall count as one vote for the
121121 19 highest-ranked active candidate on that ballot. Ranking orders
122122 20 containing withdrawn candidates shall be treated the same as
123123 21 ranking orders containing candidates who have been eliminated
124124 22 from tabulation. Otherwise, each round proceeds sequentially
125125 23 as described in subsection (b) or (c), as applicable.
126126 24 (b) If a party awards delegates to a single candidate on a
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137137 1 winner-take-all basis, tabulation shall proceed as follows:
138138 2 (1) If 2 or fewer active candidates remain, then
139139 3 tabulation is complete; otherwise, tabulation proceeds
140140 4 pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.
141141 5 (2) If tabulation is not complete, then the active
142142 6 candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, votes for
143143 7 the eliminated candidate are transferred to each ballot's
144144 8 next-ranked active candidate, and a new round begins
145145 9 pursuant to paragraph (1).
146146 10 (c) If a party awards delegates to multiple candidates on
147147 11 a proportional basis, tabulation shall proceed as follows:
148148 12 (1) If the vote total of every active candidate is
149149 13 above the party's threshold for receiving delegates, then
150150 14 tabulation is complete; otherwise, tabulation proceeds
151151 15 pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection.
152152 16 (2) If tabulation is not complete, then the active
153153 17 candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, votes for
154154 18 the eliminated candidate are transferred to each ballot's
155155 19 next-ranked active candidate, and a new round begins
156156 20 pursuant to paragraph (1).
157157 21 (d) When the State Board of Elections certifies the
158158 22 results of the election, the official shall certify the
159159 23 results of each round tabulated pursuant to subsection (b) or
160160 24 (c) and any other information required under Section 40 to the
161161 25 State chairperson and the national committee of each political
162162 26 party that had at least one candidate on the
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173173 1 State-administered presidential primary election ballot to
174174 2 allocate national delegate votes in accordance with the
175175 3 party's State and national rules.
176176 4 (e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preclude a
177177 5 political party from allocating delegates according to its own
178178 6 rules for allocating such delegates.
179179 7 Section 25. Ranked choice voting; inactive ballots and
180180 8 undervotes.
181181 9 (a) An inactive ballot does not count for any candidate. A
182182 10 ballot is inactive if any of the following is true:
183183 11 (1) The ballot does not contain any active candidates
184184 12 and is not an undervote.
185185 13 (2) The ballot has reached an overvote.
186186 14 (3) The ballot has reached 2 consecutive skipped
187187 15 rankings.
188188 16 (b) An undervote does not count as an active or inactive
189189 17 ballot in any round of tabulation.
190190 18 Section 30. Ranked choice voting; ties. If 2 or more
191191 19 candidates are tied with the fewest votes and tabulation
192192 20 cannot continue until the candidate with the fewest votes is
193193 21 eliminated, then the candidate to be eliminated shall be
194194 22 determined by lot. Election officials may resolve prospective
195195 23 ties between candidates before tabulation after all votes are
196196 24 cast. The result of any tie resolution must be recorded and
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207207 1 reused in the event of a recount.
208208 2 Section 35. Political party notice regarding participation
209209 3 in primary, type of primary, and threshold for receiving
210210 4 delegates.
211211 5 (a) At least 150 days before the date of the presidential
212212 6 primary election, the State committee of each political party
213213 7 that intends to use the State-administered presidential
214214 8 primary in its nomination process shall inform the State Board
215215 9 of Elections in writing of its intention. The State
216216 10 committee's written notice shall indicate whether the party
217217 11 prefers tabulation to occur on a winner-take-all basis in
218218 12 accordance with subsection (b) of Section 20 or on a
219219 13 proportional basis in accordance with subsection (c) of
220220 14 Section 20. If the party requests that tabulation occur on a
221221 15 proportional basis, the party shall indicate what the
222222 16 applicable threshold for receiving delegates will be. If a
223223 17 party allocates any delegates by congressional district or
224224 18 other geographical unit, then the party shall indicate the
225225 19 geographical basis for its allocation. If a party's notice
226226 20 fails to specify how to tabulate ballots, the
227227 21 State-administered presidential primary election for that
228228 22 party shall be tabulated on a statewide winner-take-all basis
229229 23 in accordance with subsection (b) of Section 20.
230230 24 (b) At least 120 days before the date of the presidential
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242242 1 with the State committee of each political party that the
243243 2 State is capable of implementing the party's preferences as
244244 3 declared under subsection (a) or shall notify the State
245245 4 committee of any feasibility constraints that could prevent
246246 5 the State from implementing the party's preferences.
247247 6 Section 40. Results reporting.
248248 7 (a) The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules or
249249 8 guidance to facilitate the release of unofficial preliminary
250250 9 round-by-round results and unofficial preliminary cast vote
251251 10 records as soon as feasible after the polls close and at
252252 11 regular intervals thereafter until the counting of ballots is
253253 12 complete.
254254 13 (1) Unofficial preliminary round-by-round results
255255 14 shall be clearly labeled as preliminary and, to the extent
256256 15 feasible, shall include the percentage of ballots counted
257257 16 to date.
258258 17 (2) Unofficial preliminary cast vote records shall be:
259259 18 (A) clearly labeled as preliminary and, to the
260260 19 extent feasible, shall include the percentage of
261261 20 ballots counted to date;
262262 21 (B) published online in a publicly accessible,
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264264 23 (C) published in a manner consistent with the need
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266266 25 (3) In adopting rules or guidance under this
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277277 1 subsection, the State Board of Elections shall consult
278278 2 with and allow for input from county clerks, local
279279 3 election officials, and national and State party
280280 4 representatives.
281281 5 (b) In addition to any other information required by law
282282 6 to be reported with final results, the State Board of
283283 7 Elections shall make public:
284284 8 (1) the total number of votes each candidate received
285285 9 in each round of the official tabulation, including votes
286286 10 for withdrawn candidates;
287287 11 (2) the total number of ballots that became inactive
288288 12 in each round because they did not contain any active
289289 13 candidates, reached an overvote, or reached 2 consecutive
290290 14 skipped rankings, reported as separate figures; and
291291 15 (3) the cast vote records in a publicly accessible,
292292 16 electronic format and by precinct, published in a manner
293293 17 consistent with the need to maintain voter privacy.
294294 18 (c) If a party allocates delegates by congressional
295295 19 district or other geographical unit, the State Board of
296296 20 Elections shall provide round-by-round results by
297297 21 congressional district or other geographical unit in addition
298298 22 to providing statewide results.
299299 23 Section 45. Rulemaking. The State Board of Elections shall
300300 24 have the authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement
301301 25 this Act.
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312312 1 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
313313 2 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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