HB2416 Summary: Ranked-Choice Voting

• Establishes ranked-choice voting for elections of General Assembly members and statewide offices (Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer) in general and special elections, but not primary elections.

• Requires ballots to allow voters to rank candidates in order of preference, with provisions for one write-in candidate per office.

• Implements a multi-round tallying process where the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated each round until one candidate remains with the most votes or only 2 candidates remain.

• Defines key terms including "exhausted ballot" (when a voter's ballot contains no continuing candidates or has ranking irregularities) and "continuing candidate" (candidates not yet defeated).

• Permits modifications including limiting allowable rankings to no fewer than 6 and allowing batch elimination of multiple candidates simultaneously when mathematically impossible for them to be elected.