HB1751: Elections; ranked choice voting, local governing bodies, school boards, & primaries for any office.

Legislative Summary

Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; local governing bodies, school boards, and primaries for any office. Allows ranked choice voting to be used in any state-run primary election at the option of the political party for which the primary is being held and changes from discretionary to mandatory the provision that the State Board of Elections promulgate regulations for the proper and efficient administration of elections determined by ranked choice voting. The bill also allows elections of members of a local governing body or school board to be conducted by ranked choice voting. Current law only allows elections of members of a county board of supervisors or city council to be conducted by ranked choice voting.