HB 381 Summary

• Repeals provisions implementing ranked-choice voting for general elections and removes requirements for tabulating votes by ranked preference.

• Restores partisan primary elections where the top vote-getter from each party advances to the general election, eliminating the four-candidate open primary system.

• Removes disclosure requirements for large campaign contributions ($2,000+) regarding true source and intermediaries, and eliminates "dark money" restrictions.

• Changes special election procedures for U.S. Senate and House vacancies by eliminating special primary elections and establishing special runoff elections when no candidate exceeds 50% in the initial special election.

• Requires political parties to submit bylaws by September 1 specifying who may participate in their primary elections, with the director enforcing restrictions on nonpartisan or undeclared voters if bylaws limit their participation.