103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election. LRB103 34231 AWJ 64056 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election. LRB103 34231 AWJ 64056 b LRB103 34231 AWJ 64056 b A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
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Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election.
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1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
5 Section 16-5.01 and by adding Section 1-26 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/1-26 new)
7 Sec. 1-26. Ranked-choice voting prohibited.
8 (a) A ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to
9 rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has
10 ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds
11 following the elimination of a candidate until a single
12 candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining
13 the election or nomination of any candidate to any local,
14 state, or federal elective office in this State.
15 (b) An ordinance existing on the effective date of this
16 amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly or adopted after
17 the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General
18 Assembly by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of
19 local government that is in conflict with this Section is
20 void.
21 (10 ILCS 5/16-5.01) (from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01)
22 Sec. 16-5.01. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4892 Introduced , by Rep. Dennis Tipsword, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
10 ILCS 5/1-26 new10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01 10 ILCS 5/1-26 new 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
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10 ILCS 5/16-5.01 from Ch. 46, par. 16-5.01
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a ranked-choice voting method that allows voters to rank candidates for an office in order of preference and has ranked-choice ballots cast tabulated in multiple rounds following the elimination of a candidate until a single candidate attains a majority may not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, State, or federal elective office in this State. Provides that an ordinance existing on the effective date of the amendatory Act or adopted after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a county, a municipality, or any other unit of local government that is in conflict with the provisions is void. Removes a provision allowing a municipality to adopt an ordinance to administer an election using a ranked ballot for municipal and township office candidates to be voted on in the consolidated election.
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1 Code, the election authority shall, at least 46 days prior to
2 the date of any election at which federal officers are elected
3 and 45 days prior to any other regular election, have a
4 sufficient number of ballots printed so that such ballots will
5 be available for mailing 45 days prior to the date of the
6 election to persons who have filed application for a ballot
7 under the provisions of Article 20 of this Code.
8 (b) If at any election at which federal offices are
9 elected or nominated the election authority is unable to
10 comply with the provisions of subsection (a), the election
11 authority shall mail to each such person, in lieu of the
12 ballot, a Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot.
13 The Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot shall
14 be used at all elections at which federal officers are elected
15 or nominated and shall be prepared by the election authority
16 in substantially the following form:
17 Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot
18 (To vote for a person, write the title of the office and
19 his or her name on the lines provided. Place to the left of and
20 opposite the title of office a square and place a cross (X) in
21 the square.)
22 Title of Office Name of Candidate
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3 The election authority shall send with the Special
4 Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank Ballot a list of all
5 referenda for which the voter is qualified to vote and all
6 candidates for whom nomination papers have been filed and for
7 whom the voter is qualified to vote. The voter shall be
8 entitled to write in the name of any candidate seeking
9 election and any referenda for which he or she is entitled to
10 vote.
11 On the back or outside of the ballot, so as to appear when
12 folded, shall be printed the words "Official Ballot", the date
13 of the election and a facsimile of the signature of the
14 election authority who has caused the ballot to be printed.
15 The provisions of Article 20, insofar as they may be
16 applicable to the Special Write-in Vote by Mail Voter's Blank
17 Ballot, shall be applicable herein.
18 (c) (Blank). Notwithstanding any provision of this Code or
19 other law to the contrary, the governing body of a
20 municipality may adopt, upon submission of a written statement
21 by the municipality's election authority attesting to the
22 administrative ability of the election authority to administer
23 an election using a ranked ballot to the municipality's
24 governing body, an ordinance requiring, and that
25 municipality's election authority shall prepare, a ranked vote
26 by mail ballot for municipal and township office candidates to
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1 be voted on in the consolidated election. This ranked ballot
2 shall be for use only by a qualified voter who either is a
3 member of the United States military or will be outside of the
4 United States on the consolidated primary election day and the
5 consolidated election day. The ranked ballot shall contain a
6 list of the titles of all municipal and township offices
7 potentially contested at both the consolidated primary
8 election and the consolidated election and the candidates for
9 each office and shall permit the elector to vote in the
10 consolidated election by indicating his or her order of
11 preference for each candidate for each office. To indicate his
12 or her order of preference for each candidate for each office,
13 the voter shall put the number one next to the name of the
14 candidate who is the voter's first choice, the number 2 for his
15 or her second choice, and so forth so that, in consecutive
16 numerical order, a number indicating the voter's preference is
17 written by the voter next to each candidate's name on the
18 ranked ballot. The voter shall not be required to indicate his
19 or her preference for more than one candidate on the ranked
20 ballot. The voter may not cast a write-in vote using the ranked
21 ballot for the consolidated election. The election authority
22 shall, if using the ranked vote by mail ballot authorized by
23 this subsection, also prepare instructions for use of the
24 ranked ballot. The ranked ballot for the consolidated election
25 shall be mailed to the voter at the same time that the ballot
26 for the consolidated primary election is mailed to the voter
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