Illinois House Bill 5585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 14 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-21 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer shall be elected by ranked-choice voting. Provides for ranked-choice ballots to be produced. Provides that voters may rank their choice for candidates for those offices and provides for interpretations of certain ballot marks. Provides that tallying ranked-choice votes proceeds in rounds. Provides that in each round, the number of votes for each continuing candidate must be counted, that each continuing ballot counts as one vote for its highest-ranked continuing candidate for that round, and that exhausted ballots are not counted for any continuing candidate. Provides that if only 2 candidates remain, the candidate with the higher vote total wins, and that if more than 2 candidates remain, the last-place candidate is eliminated and another round of tallying is to commence. Provides that rounds continue until a winner is found. Makes conforming changes.

ELEC CD-RANKED CHOICE VOTING

Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]

Rep. Jonathan Pizer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-21	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jonathan "Yoni" Pizer
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-02-18	House	First Reading
2020-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	16-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	16-4.2	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	17-11	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	17-18	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	17-18.2	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	18-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	18-9	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5585&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB5585.htm