RI S2590

Rhode Island presidential preference primaries would be conducted using ranked choice voting, allowing voters to rank up to five candidates in order of preference, including an "uncommitted" option

Political parties must notify the Secretary of State by the first Tuesday in January whether they prefer winner-take-all or proportional delegate allocation, along with any threshold percentage required for candidates to receive delegates

Tabulation proceeds in rounds: for winner-take-all, the candidate with fewest votes is eliminated until two remain; for proportional, elimination continues until all remaining candidates meet the party's delegate threshold

Secretary of State must release preliminary round-by-round results by 11:59 PM on election night and publish final ballot-level ranking data in machine-readable, open format online

Recounts are triggered when there is a 200-vote or less difference in the final round between the losing candidate and winner, and risk-limiting audits are required after presidential preference primaries