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This bill prohibits the use of ranked choice voting (RCV) in Ohio elections and imposes financial penalties on municipalities or counties that attempt to implement RCV. Specifically, the bill defines ranked choice voting as a voting method where voters rank candidates by preference, and votes are transferred in rounds until a candidate receives a majority. Under this legislation, any county or municipal corporation that adopts RCV through a resolution or ordinance will be ineligible to receive local government fund distributions. The bill amends existing election law definitions and creates new sections in the Ohio Revised Code to explicitly ban RCV in both general and primary elections. If a jurisdiction adopts RCV, they will lose their local government funding beginning the month after the resolution is passed, and these funds will be redirected to the state's general revenue fund. The bill provides an option for jurisdictions to rescind their RCV approval and subsequently regain their local government fund distributions. By implementing these strict prohibitions and financial deterrents, the bill aims to prevent the adoption of ranked choice voting across Ohio's electoral systems.

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https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb63