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AZ HB2364

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/28/2014

Primary Sponsor

Juan Mendez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature - Second Regular Session (2014)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona election law to permit ranked choice voting in city, town, and county elections when there are three or more voting options for an office or group of offices.

  • Requires voting machines and electronic voting systems to implement and accommodate ranked choice voting capabilities when ranking for contests is possible.

  • Establishes the mathematical threshold for election as the total votes cast divided by (1 + number of seats to be filled), plus one vote, with surplus votes and eliminated candidate votes redistributed according to voter preferences in successive counting rounds.

  • Requires comprehensive tally reports for ranked choice voting elections showing vote counts for each advancing candidate in each round, exhausted ballots, and transfer values for surplus votes.

  • Mandates voter education materials, sample ballots with fictitious names, and clear ballot instructions explaining how to rank candidates and that ranking additional candidates does not harm higher-ranked preferences.

Legislative Description

Ranked choice voting

Last Action

Referred to House JUD Committee

1/29/2014

Full Bill Text

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