1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to elections;
prohibiting political subdivisions from establishing or
1.3 enforcing ranked-choice
voting;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4 Statutes, chapter 200.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [200.025]
RANKED-CHOICE VOTING; PROHIBITION.
1.7 Subdivision
1.Federal and state offices. Ranked-choice voting, or any voting
method
1.8 similar to
ranked-choice voting, must not be the method of voting for any federal or state
1.9 office.
1.10 Subd. 2.Local
offices. (a) A political subdivision must not adopt or enforce in
any
1.11 manner a rule,
resolution, or ordinance establishing ranked-choice voting as a method of
1.12 voting, or any voting
method similar to ranked-choice voting, for local offices within the
1.13 political subdivision.
1.14 (b) For purposes of this
subdivision, "political subdivision" includes all counties, cities,
1.15 townships, and school
districts in the state, regardless of whether governed by statute or by
1.16 home rule charter.
1.17 Subd. 3.Definition.
For purposes of this section, "ranked-choice voting" means any
1.18 election method in which
a voter ranks or assigns a numerical value to candidates for an
1.19 office in order of the
voter's preference.
