HI SB2162

Establishes ranked-choice voting for special federal elections not held on regularly scheduled primary or general election dates and for special elections to fill vacant county council seats

Implements sequential round tabulation where voters rank candidates by preference, candidates with fewest votes are eliminated each round, and votes are retabulated until a candidate receives a majority or two candidates remain

Allows the Office of Elections to modify ranked-choice voting procedures by limiting allowable rankings to no fewer than six candidates and permitting batch elimination of multiple mathematically-eliminated candidates in any tabulation round

Requires election proclamations to include explanation of ranked-choice voting and permits ballots to include information necessary for ranked-choice voting implementation

Takes effect January 1, 2023