Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0629

Adopting an instant runoff voting system for certain primary, regular+ and
special elections for state constitutional officers, for president +and vice
president and for members of congress, requiring candidates to win by+ majority
vote rather than by a plurality of effective votes and allowing +voters to vote
secondary and other preferences in certain cases; defining certain +terms;
prescribing a procedure for the counting of ballots; specifying +voting
conditions and limits relating to exhausted ballots, skipped +rankings, tie
votes, maximum effective choices, write in and insufficient choice +votes and
votes for eliminated candidates; providing for use of the system for +city
offices, requiring voter approval; specifying certain ballot +requirements and
certain requirements for directions to voters; granting election +officials
certain authority to change voting devices and counting methods; +requiring the
secretary of state to biennially report to the legislature on +readiness to
implement the instant runoff voting system; making conforming +amendments to
certain statutory provisions (mk)