SB 2 - Elections Bill Summary

• Eliminates ranked-choice voting for state general elections and presidential elections, repealing provisions requiring numerals for ranked preference ballot marking

• Changes party affiliation requirements for election officials by replacing references to "political groups with largest registered voters" with "political party of which the governor is a member" and "political party that received second largest number of votes"

• Modifies primary election structure to allow political parties to define their own participation rules through bylaws, with voters registered as nonpartisan or undeclared able to vote in party primaries unless restricted by party bylaws

• Removes special primary elections for U.S. Senate and House vacancies, replacing them with single special elections that may be combined with primary or general election dates

• Creates new election procedures for no-party candidates using petition nomination processes and repeals provisions related to ranked-choice voting tabulation and reporting requirements