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MN HF4483
Bill
Status
3/21/2022
Primary Sponsor
Andrew Carlson
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AI Summary
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Requires ranked-choice voting for all federal and state primary and general elections in Minnesota starting immediately.
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Authorizes cities, counties, townships, and school districts to adopt ranked-choice voting for local elections by ordinance, resolution, or ballot question, with adoption deadline 30 days before candidacy filing.
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Establishes detailed ranked-choice voting tabulation procedures including threshold calculation, surplus transfers, batch elimination of mathematically eliminated candidates, and tie-breaking by lot.
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Allows municipalities to use electronic voting systems with reallocation features and requires new voting equipment to capture and report ballot data, provide minimum three rankings, and notify voters of ranking errors.
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Appropriates $1.45 million in fiscal year 2023 to the secretary of state, with $1.25 million distributed as grants to local governments for equipment upgrades and ranked-choice voting education campaigns.
Legislative Description
Federal and state office election ranked-choice voting provided; jurisdictions authorized to adopt ranked-choice voting; ranked-choice adoption, implementation, and use procedures established; rulemaking authorized; and money appropriated.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to State Government Finance and Elections
3/21/2022