Bill Text: CT HB05950 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning A Study Of Ranked-choice Voting.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections [HB05950 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05950-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Proposed Bill No. 5950 |
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January Session, 2017 |
LCO No. 2518 | ||||
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Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS |
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Introduced by: |
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REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist. |
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AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the Secretary of the State conduct a study on the merits of and best practices in implementing for elections a method of casting and tabulating votes in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, tabulation proceeds in sequential rounds in which last-place candidates are defeated and the candidate with the most votes in the final round is elected.
Statement of Purpose: