VT H0363

Towns, cities, and villages may opt-in to ranked-choice voting for single-seat local offices by vote at an annual or special meeting, and may later vote to discontinue the system

Voters rank candidates in order of preference on ballots listing names alphabetically; voters may assign multiple candidates the same ranking

A candidate receiving a majority of first-ranked preferences wins; if no majority exists, ballots are re-tabulated using paired comparisons to identify a "consistent majority winner" who beats every other candidate head-to-head

If no consistent majority winner exists, the winner is determined by a head-to-head comparison between the two candidates with the most first-ranked preferences

The Secretary of State must adopt administrative rules, and municipalities must already use the Australian ballot system to implement ranked-choice voting