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AZ HB2378
Bill
Status
1/26/2021
Primary Sponsor
Tim Dunn
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AI Summary
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Requires Arizona's presidential preference election to use ranked choice voting when three or more candidates qualify for a political party's ballot, instead of the current single-vote method.
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Allows electors to rank as many candidates as appear on the ballot and up to two write-in candidates in presidential preference elections.
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Establishes tabulation procedures for ranked choice voting, including rules for eliminating candidates with fewest votes and redistributing those votes to next-ranked choices until a winner is determined.
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Requires the Secretary of State to conduct voter education campaigns about ranked choice voting in English and all languages required by state law and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Modifies ballot language and instructions to explain ranked choice voting instead of the previous "vote for not more than one" instruction.
Legislative Description
Ranked choice voting; presidential preference
Ranked Choice Voting
Last Action
House GE Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0)
2/17/2021