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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2004 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-99 new10 ILCS 5/16-99 new10 ILCS 5/17-99 new10 ILCS 5/18-99 new10 ILCS 5/Art. 22A heading new10 ILCS 5/22A-1 new10 ILCS 5/22A-5 new10 ILCS 5/22A-10 new10 ILCS 5/22A-15 new10 ILCS 5/22A-20 new10 ILCS 5/22A-25 new Amends the Election Code. Creates the Ranked-Choice Voting Article. Provides that a unit of local government may allow for any local primary election, general election, or special election to be conducted by ranked-choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning ranked choice voting elections. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 11266 SPS 21350 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2004 Introduced 2/6/2025, by Sen. Laura M. Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 10 ILCS 5/7-99 new10 ILCS 5/16-99 new10 ILCS 5/17-99 new10 ILCS 5/18-99 new10 ILCS 5/Art. 22A heading new10 ILCS 5/22A-1 new10 ILCS 5/22A-5 new10 ILCS 5/22A-10 new10 ILCS 5/22A-15 new10 ILCS 5/22A-20 new10 ILCS 5/22A-25 new 10 ILCS 5/7-99 new 10 ILCS 5/16-99 new 10 ILCS 5/17-99 new 10 ILCS 5/18-99 new 10 ILCS 5/Art. 22A heading new 10 ILCS 5/22A-1 new 10 ILCS 5/22A-5 new 10 ILCS 5/22A-10 new 10 ILCS 5/22A-15 new 10 ILCS 5/22A-20 new 10 ILCS 5/22A-25 new Amends the Election Code. Creates the Ranked-Choice Voting Article. Provides that a unit of local government may allow for any local primary election, general election, or special election to be conducted by ranked-choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning ranked choice voting elections. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately. LRB104 11266 SPS 21350 b LRB104 11266 SPS 21350 b A BILL FOR
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1515 Amends the Election Code. Creates the Ranked-Choice Voting Article. Provides that a unit of local government may allow for any local primary election, general election, or special election to be conducted by ranked-choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning ranked choice voting elections. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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2121 1 AN ACT concerning elections.
2222 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
2323 3 represented in the General Assembly:
2424 4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing
2525 5 Sections 2A-1.2 and 10-6 and by adding Sections 7-99, 16-99,
2626 6 17-99, 18-99, and Article 22A as follows:
2727 7 (10 ILCS 5/7-99 new)
2828 8 Sec. 7-99. Ranked-choice voting. For an election conducted
2929 9 using ranked-choice voting, the provisions of this Article may
3030 10 be modified or interpreted to the extent necessary to
3131 11 implement the provisions of Article 22A.
3232 12 (10 ILCS 5/16-99 new)
3333 13 Sec. 16-99. Ranked-choice voting.For an election conducted
3434 14 using ranked-choice voting, the provisions of this Article may
3535 15 be modified or interpreted to the extent necessary to
3636 16 implement ranked-choice voting elections under Article 22A.
3737 17 (10 ILCS 5/17-99 new)
3838 18 Sec. 17-99. Ranked-choice voting. For an election
3939 19 conducted using ranked-choice voting, the provisions of this
4040 20 Article may be modified or interpreted to the extent necessary
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5858 Amends the Election Code. Creates the Ranked-Choice Voting Article. Provides that a unit of local government may allow for any local primary election, general election, or special election to be conducted by ranked-choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning ranked choice voting elections. Makes conforming changes. Effective immediately.
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9696 1 (10 ILCS 5/18-99 new)
9797 2 Sec. 18-99. Ranked-choice voting. For an election
9898 3 conducted using ranked-choice voting, the provisions of this
9999 4 Article may be modified or interpreted to the extent necessary
100100 5 to implement the provisions of Article 22A.
101101 6 (10 ILCS 5/Art. 22A heading new)
102102 7 ARTICLE 22A. RANKED-CHOICE VOTING
103103 8 (10 ILCS 5/22A-1 new)
104104 9 Sec. 22A-1. Definitions. As used in this Article:
105105 10 "Active ballot" means a ballot that counts for an active
106106 11 candidate.
107107 12 "Active candidate" means any candidate who has not been
108108 13 eliminated or elected.
109109 14 "Ranking" means the number available to be assigned by a
110110 15 voter to a candidate to express the voter's preference for
111111 16 that candidate.
112112 17 "Round" means an instance of the sequence of vote
113113 18 tabulation.
114114 19 (10 ILCS 5/22A-5 new)
115115 20 Sec. 22A-5. Ranked-choice voting in local elections.
116116 21 (a) A unit of local government may allow for any local
117117 22 primary election, general election, or special election to be
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128128 1 conducted by ranked-choice voting in accordance with this
129129 2 Article. A unit of local government that conducts its general
130130 3 election or special election by ranked-choice voting may do so
131131 4 without holding a separate primary election or runoff
132132 5 election.
133133 6 (b) A unit of local government that implements
134134 7 ranked-choice voting shall:
135135 8 (1) specify whether the system will be used for
136136 9 single-seat elections, multi-seat elections, or both;
137137 10 (2) ensure that voting systems used are compatible
138138 11 with ranked-choice voting and are certified by the State
139139 12 Board of Elections; and
140140 13 (3) provide voter education materials to inform the
141141 14 electorate about ranked-choice voting.
142142 15 (10 ILCS 5/22A-10 new)
143143 16 Sec. 22A-10. Ranked-choice voting ballot. In an election
144144 17 conducted by ranked-choice voting, the ballot shall allow
145145 18 voters to rank candidates in order of preference as follows:
146146 19 (1) in a single-winner ranked-choice voting election,
147147 20 the ballot shall allow voters to rank at least 5
148148 21 candidates, including declared write-in candidates; or
149149 22 (2) in a multi-winner ranked-choice voting election,
150150 23 the ballot shall allow voters to rank at least 4 more
151151 24 candidates than the number of seats to be nominated or
152152 25 elected, including declared write-in candidates.
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163163 1 If there are fewer candidates than the number of rankings
164164 2 required in this Section, the number of rankings may be
165165 3 reduced as necessary. The number of rankings allowed in an
166166 4 election for any office shall be uniform for all elections for
167167 5 that office in this State.
168168 6 (10 ILCS 5/22A-15 new)
169169 7 Sec. 22A-15. Application of ranked-choice voting to
170170 8 localities.
171171 9 (a) In any an election for one office is conducted by
172172 10 ranked-choice voting, each ballot counts as one vote for its
173173 11 highest-ranked active candidate. The candidate with the
174174 12 highest number of votes at the end of tabulation is nominated
175175 13 or elected. The tabulation of votes proceeds in rounds as
176176 14 follows:
177177 15 (1) if no active candidate has received a majority of
178178 16 active ballots, the active candidate with the fewest votes
179179 17 is eliminated, and votes for the eliminated candidate
180180 18 count for each ballot's next-ranked active candidate; and
181181 19 (2) if a candidate is ranked the highest on a majority
182182 20 of active ballots, the tabulation of votes is complete.
183183 21 (b) In an election for more than one office conducted by
184184 22 ranked-choice voting, each ballot counts in whole or in part
185185 23 for its highest-ranked active candidate. Candidates are
186186 24 nominated or elected if they receive the minimum whole number
187187 25 of votes needed to win. To determine the threshold required to
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198198 1 win, the total number of valid votes cast shall be divided by
199199 2 the sum of one and the number of seats to be filled, rounded
200200 3 down to the nearest whole number, and added by one. If a
201201 4 candidate receives more votes than the threshold, part of each
202202 5 vote received by that candidate counts for each ballot's
203203 6 next-ranked active candidate instead. If no active candidate
204204 7 meets the threshold, the candidate with the fewest votes is
205205 8 eliminated and votes for that candidate count for each
206206 9 ballot's next-ranked active candidate. The State Board of
207207 10 Elections shall establish guidelines and best practices for
208208 11 administering multi-winner ranked-choice elections.
209209 12 (c) Ballots in a ranked-choice voting election shall be
210210 13 treated as follows:
211211 14 (1) an under-vote does not count as an active or
212212 15 inactive ballot in any round of tabulation of that
213213 16 election;
214214 17 (2) an inactive ballot is a ballot that ceases during
215215 18 tabulation to count for any candidate for the remainder of
216216 19 tabulation of the election for that office because either:
217217 20 (A) all candidates ranked on the ballot have
218218 21 become inactive; or
219219 22 (B) the ballot includes an over-vote and any
220220 23 candidates ranked higher than the over-vote have
221221 24 become inactive;
222222 25 (3) during tabulation, a ballot shall remain active
223223 26 and continue to count for its highest-ranked active
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234234 1 candidate notwithstanding any skipped ranking or repeated
235235 2 ranking on the ballot; and
236236 3 (4) if a candidate withdraws, dies, or for any reason
237237 4 becomes disqualified after the ballots have been printed,
238238 5 the candidate shall be treated as an eliminated candidate
239239 6 during tabulation unless a ranking for that candidate is
240240 7 to be deemed to be a ranking for a substitute candidate
241241 8 under applicable law.
242242 9 (d) If 2 or more candidates are tied with the fewest number
243243 10 of votes, and tabulation cannot continue until the tie is
244244 11 resolved, the tie shall be resolved by lot. Election officials
245245 12 may resolve prospective ties between candidates prior to
246246 13 tabulation. The result of any tie resolution must be recorded
247247 14 and reused in the event of a recount.
248248 15 (e) As used in this Section:
249249 16 "Overvote" means a voter ranks more than one candidate at
250250 17 the same ranking.
251251 18 "Repeated ranking" means a voter ranks the same candidate
252252 19 at multiple rankings.
253253 20 "Skipped ranking" means a voter leaves a ranking
254254 21 unassigned but ranks a candidate at a subsequent ranking.
255255 22 "Undervote" means a voter does not rank any candidates in
256256 23 an election for a particular office.
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269269 1 contrary, the State Board of Elections shall adopt any rules
270270 2 necessary to implement this Article, including a process to
271271 3 release: (1) unofficial preliminary round-by-round results on
272272 4 election night; (2) unofficial preliminary ballot-level
273273 5 ranking data in a machine-readable and searchable open format
274274 6 no later than when the counting of ballots is complete; (3)
275275 7 official final round-by-round results upon certification of
276276 8 the results; and (4) official final ballot-level ranking data
277277 9 in a machine-readable and searchable open format upon
278278 10 certification of the results.
279279 11 (10 ILCS 5/22A-25 new)
280280 12 Sec. 22A-25. Software standards. The State Board of
281281 13 Elections shall establish standards for the use of existing
282282 14 vote tabulating software in elections conducted by
283283 15 ranked-choice voting. Any person, firm, or corporation
284284 16 manufacturing, owning, or offering for sale any vote
285285 17 tabulation software designed to be used with existing voting
286286 18 systems may apply to the State Board of Elections, in the
287287 19 manner prescribed by the State Board of Elections, to have
288288 20 examined a production version of the software. A unit of local
289289 21 government that makes the decision to conduct elections by
290290 22 ranked-choice voting shall provide for the use of vote
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303303 1 Section 97. Severability. The provisions of this Act are
304304 2 severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes.
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