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| 1 | 2 | SENATE BILL No. 6 | |
| 2 | - | AN ACT concerning elections; prohibiting the use of any form of ranked-choice voting | |
| 3 | - | methods in conducting elections. | |
| 3 | + | By Committee on Federal and State Affairs | |
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| 5 | + | AN ACT concerning elections; prohibiting the use of any form of ranked- | |
| 6 | + | choice voting methods in conducting elections. | |
| 4 | 7 | Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: | |
| 5 | - | Section 1. (a) No form of ranked-choice voting method shall be | |
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| 8 | - | (b) As used in this section, the term "ranked-choice voting" means | |
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| 8 | + | Section 1. (a) No form of ranked-choice voting method shall be used | |
| 9 | + | in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any federal, | |
| 10 | + | state, county or other municipal elected office. | |
| 11 | + | (b) As used in this section, the term "ranked-choice voting" means a | |
| 12 | + | form of voting that allows voters to rank two or more candidates for an | |
| 13 | + | elected office in order of preference and tabulates the cast ballots in | |
| 11 | 14 | multiple rounds with the elimination of the lowest vote-receiving | |
| 12 | 15 | candidate after each round until a candidate receives a majority of the | |
| 13 | 16 | votes cast. | |
| 14 | - | (c) Any ordinance, resolution or regulation prohibited by | |
| 15 | - | subsection (a) that was adopted prior to July 1, 2025, shall be null and | |
| 16 | - | void. | |
| 17 | + | (c) Any ordinance, resolution or regulation prohibited by subsection | |
| 18 | + | (a) that was adopted prior to July 1, 2025, shall be null and void. | |
| 17 | 19 | Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its | |
| 18 | - | publication in the Kansas register. | |
| 19 | - | I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the | |
| 20 | - | SENATE, and passed that body | |
| 21 | - | __________________________ | |
| 22 | - | SENATE concurred in | |
| 23 | - | HOUSE amendments _______________________ | |
| 24 | - | _________________________ | |
| 25 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 26 | - | _________________________ | |
| 27 | - | Secretary of the Senate. | |
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| 29 | - | Passed the HOUSE | |
| 30 | - | as amended _________________________ | |
| 31 | - | _________________________ | |
| 32 | - | Speaker of the House. | |
| 33 | - | _________________________ | |
| 34 | - | Chief Clerk of the House. | |
| 35 | - | APPROVED _____________________________ | |
| 36 | - | _________________________ | |
| 37 | - | Governor. | |
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