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MI SB1187
Bill
AI Summary
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Beginning January 1, 2024, ranked choice voting must be used for primary elections for governor, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, state senator, and state representative, and for all school board member elections.
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Ranked choice voting ballots must allow electors to rank their top 4 choices in order of preference, with candidates eliminated sequentially if no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes until a winner emerges.
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Defines "ranked choice voting" as a system allowing electors to express first, second, third, and fourth choices among candidates for public office.
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Secretary of state must promulgate administrative rules for the proper administration of ranked choice voting elections, and ballot secrecy sleeves for ranked choice elections must contain voting instructions prescribed by the secretary of state.
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Modifies electronic voting system requirements to accommodate ranked choice voting and clarifies that electronic tabulating equipment rejections of overvotes do not apply to ranked choice voting elections.
Legislative Description
Elections: voting procedures; ranked choice voting; require for certain offices and elections. Amends secs. 576, 576a, 580, 736b, 736c, 736d, 736e, 736f, 764 & 795 of 1954 PA 116 (MCL 168.576 et seq.) & adds secs. 20, 51a, 91a, 131a, 161a, 302b, 646e & 736h.
State agencies (existing): state
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Elections
9/28/2022