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