Establishes a ranked choice voting method for presidential elections whereby voters rank candidates according to the order of their choice and, if no candidate has received a majority of votes, the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated and the remaining candidates advance to another counting round until a winner is determined.
Establishes an instant runoff form of ranked choice voting limited, to general assembly primary elections, with three (3) or more candidates.
An Act to Clarify Procedures for When a Candidate Withdraws from an Election Determined by Ranked-choice Voting or When a Candidate Dies or Becomes Disqualified in an Election Determined by Ranked-choice Voting
Candidates; declaration of candidacy for primary and write-in votes.
Allowing voters to vote for multiple candidates for an office.
General Election: Three Candidates
Requires the board of elections in the city of New York to release data on how voters ranked all candidates in a ranked choice election, even if a single candidate received a majority of highest rank votes and the tabulation process was not triggered.
Nomination Of Party And Independent Candidates -- Declaration Of Candidacy And Primary Votes
Allowing nonpartisan candidates for office to include such candidate's political party affiliation on the ballot with the candidate's name.
Primary elections; candidates for nomination, withdrawal of candidacy.