New York A 560: Establishes a ranked choice voting method for presidential elections

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A00560 Summary:

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SPONSORPaulin

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Add Art 18 §§18-100 - 18-110, El L

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Establishes a ranked choice voting method for presidential elections whereby voters rank candidates according to the order of their choice and, if no candidate has received a majority of votes, the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated and the remaining candidates advance to another counting round until a winner is determined.

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01/08/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 560

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to establishing a ranked
 choice voting method for presidential elections

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new article 18 to
 2 read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 18
 4 RANKED CHOICE VOTING FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
 5 Section 18-100. Definitions.
 6 18-102. Ranked choice voting method for presidential elections.
 7 18-104. Ranked choice voting method; ballots.
 8 18-106. Ranked choice voting method; procedures.
 9 18-108. Voter education.
 10 18-110. Construction.
 11 § 18-100. Definitions. "Ranked choice voting method" shall mean a
 12 method of casting and tabulating votes that simulates the ballot counts
 13 that would occur if all voters participated in a series of runoff
 14 elections, whereby the voters rank candidates according to the order of
 15 their choice and, if no candidate has received a majority of votes, the
 16 candidate with the fewest first choice votes shall be eliminated and the
 17 remaining candidates advance to another counting round. In every round,
 18 each ballot shall be counted as one vote for the highest ranked advanc-
 19 ing candidate.
 20 § 18-102. Ranked choice voting method for presidential elections. 1.
 21 Ranked choice voting for presidential elections. Beginning with the two
 22 thousand twenty-eight election, all presidential elections shall be
 23 conducted using the ranked choice voting method.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02057-01-5

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 1 2. The state board of elections is hereby authorized to promulgate
 2 rules and regulations mandating all county board of elections to conduct
 3 all presidential elections, including general elections, special
 4 elections, and primaries to be held in the year two thousand twenty-
 5 eight and for all presidential elections held thereafter, utilizing the
 6 ranked choice voting method.
 7 § 18-104. Ranked choice voting method; ballots. 1. Notwithstanding
 8 the provisions of article seven of this chapter, or of any other
 9 provision of law to the contrary, ballots in an election for president
 10 and vice president of the United States shall conform to the provisions
 11 of this section. The ballot shall be simple and easy to understand and
 12 allow a voter to rank candidates in order of choice. A voter shall
 13 include no more than one write-in candidate among such voter's ranked
 14 choices.
 15 2. Instructions on the ballot shall conform substantially to the
 16 following specifications, although subject to modification, based on
 17 ballot design and voting machine:
 18 "Vote for candidates by indicating your first-choice candidates in
 19 order of preference. Indicate your first choice by marking the number
 20 "1" beside a candidate's name, your second choice by marking the number
 21 "2" beside a candidate's name, your third choice by marking the number
 22 "3" beside a candidate's name and so on, for as many choices as you
 23 wish. You may choose to rank only one candidate, but ranking additional
 24 candidates will not hurt the chances of your first-choice ca