MA H825

Bill

Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections. Election Laws.

AI Summary

This bill provides a local option for municipalities in Massachusetts to adopt ranked choice voting in their municipal elections. It amends existing election laws to allow cities and towns to conduct ranked choice voting elections, where voters rank the candidates in order of preference. The bill outlines the requirements for implementing ranked choice voting, including the method of calculating the winning threshold, how candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated, and how votes are transferred to voters' next valid choices. The bill also allows municipalities to return to their prior voting method after at least four years of using ranked choice voting.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (17)

Smitty Pignatelli (D)*, John Barrett (D), Natalie Blais (D), Dan Carey (D), Mike Connolly (D), Edward Coppinger (D), Pat Duffy (D), Jamie Eldridge (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Dylan Fernandes (D), Tami Gouveia (D), Jack Lewis (D), Elizabeth Malia (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Becca Rausch (D), Maria Robinson (D), Dan Sena (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5026 (on 09/12/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H825

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H825
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H825.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2537	Relative to the Board of Building Regulations and Standards	Accompanied a study order, see H5221	Similar To
H2852	Enabling a local option for a tax on vacant units in residential buildings	Accompanied a study order, see H5043	Similar To
H3039	Establishing a local option gas tax	No further action taken	Similar To
H3950	Relative to voting options for the city of Lowell for the 2021 municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
H3983	Authorizing the city of Cambridge to offer early voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
H5026	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S1711	To authorize a local option for group retirement classification	Accompanied a study order, see S2679	Similar To
S2530	Authorizing citizens in the town of Brookline who have reached the age of sixteen years or older to register and vote in municipal election with the town	Accompanied a study order, see S2713	Similar To
S448	Ensuring municipal participation of the widest eligible range	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To
S485	Providing a local option for ranked choice voting in municipal elections	Accompanied a study order, see H5026	Similar To

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