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WV HB2683

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/20/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rick Hillenbrand

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits ranked choice voting for all local, state, and federal elections in West Virginia

  • Defines ranked choice voting as a system where voters rank candidates by preference, with the lowest-performing candidate eliminated each round and their votes redistributed to remaining candidates

  • Declares any election using ranked choice voting invalid and bars officials from being sworn into office based on such elections

  • Exempts internal political party processes, including conventions, party officer elections, and other non-public party decision-making procedures from the prohibition

Legislative Description

To prohibit rank choice voting

Elections

Last Action

On 2nd reading, House Calendar

3/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/26/2025
Legal Services2/24/2025
Judiciary2/20/2025

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