HB 1216 IN

Ranked choice voting for local elections.

IN · session 2021 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2021

Latest action (Jan 14, 2021) First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

Summary

Permits a municipality to implement ranked choice voting for all of the municipality's elected offices. Permits a county to implement ranked choice voting for all offices elected in the county. Permits a school corporation to implement ranked choice voting for election of members of the governing body of the school corporation. Establishes the procedure for a voter to rank the candidates according to the voter's choice when there are three or more candidates for election to an office. Establishes the procedures to count the voter's choices as votes at various stages of tabulating ballots. Makes conforming amendments.

Sponsor (1)

Sue Errington Democratic · author

Action history (2)

Jan 14, 2021 Authored by Representative Errington · lower
Jan 14, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment · lower

Subjects

ELECTIONS generallyLOCAL GOVERNMENT

Text versions (1)

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Introduced House Bill (H) · Jan 8, 2021 · PDF

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