| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to elections; prohibiting political subdivisions from establishing or |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 enforcing ranked-choice voting; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 Statutes, chapter 204B. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. [204B.50] RANKED-CHOICE VOTING; PROHIBITION. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) The following political subdivisions may not adopt or enforce in any manner a rule, |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8resolution, charter provision, or ordinance establishing ranked-choice voting as a method |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9of voting, or any voting method similar to ranked-choice voting, for local offices within the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10political subdivision: |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (1) home rule charter or statutory cities; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) counties; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (3) townships; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (4) school districts. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (b) For purposes of this section, "ranked-choice voting" means any election method in |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16which a voter ranks or assigns a numerical value to candidates for an office in order of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17voter's preference. |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (c) Any rule, resolution, charter provision, or ordinance inconsistent with this section is |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19void. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment and |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21applies to elections on or after that date. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-01033 as introduced12/19/24 REVISOR JFK/AD |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 639NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Bahr, Lucero, Mathews and Weber) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/27/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Elections |
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