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A00090 Summary:

BILL NOA00090 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORCarroll R

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COSPNSREpstein, Stirpe, Shrestha, Tapia, Lasher

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 18 §§18-100 - 18-110, El L

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Establishes a ranked choice voting method for nonpartisan primary elections.

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BILL NOA00090 

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01/08/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 90

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. R. CARROLL, EPSTEIN, STIRPE -- 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 nonpartisan primary 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; NONPARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS
 5 Section 18-100. Definitions.
 6 18-102. Ranked choice voting method for nonpartisan primary
 7 elections.
 8 18-104. Procedures.
 9 18-106. Ballots.
 10 18-108. Voter education.
 11 18-110. Construction.
 12 § 18-100. Definitions. For purposes of this section, "ranked choice
 13 voting method" shall mean a method of casting and tabulating votes that
 14 simulates the ballot counts that would occur if all voters participated
 15 in a series of runoff elections, whereby the voters rank candidates by
 16 preference and, if no candidate has received a majority of votes cast,
 17 then the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated and
 18 the remaining candidates advance to another counting round. In every
 19 round, each ballot is counted as one vote for the highest ranked advanc-
 20 ing candidate. The process shall be repeated until two candidates remain
 21 on the ballot. The final two candidates shall advance to the general
 22 election.
 23 § 18-102. Ranked choice voting method for nonpartisan primary
 24 elections. 1. The state board of elections is hereby authorized to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00497-01-5

 A. 90 2

 1 promulgate rules and regulations mandating all county boards of
 2 elections to conduct all state, local and federal primary elections,
 3 excluding the presidential primary, held in the year two thousand twen-
 4 ty-seven and each year thereafter, utilizing the ranked choice voting
 5 method.
 6 2. The provisions of this article shall apply only when more than two
 7 candidates have been nominated or designated for an office enumerated in
 8 subdivision one of this section.
 9 § 18-104. Procedures. 1. All registered voters otherwise qualified to
 10 vote shall be permitted to vote for the candidate of their choice in the
 11 primary election regardless of such voter's political party affiliation.
 12 2. Any person who meets the primary election qualifications may peti-
 13 tion as a candidate in such primary election as a member of the party in
 14 which such candidate is registered.
 15 3. All candidates for a given office shall be listed on a single
 16 primary ballot. Such ballot shall clearly designate the party in which
 17 each candidate is registered. The top two candidates as determined by
 18 the ranked choice voting method, shall advance to the general election,
 19 regardless of political party affiliation. The winner shall be the
 20 candidate receiving the greatest number of votes cast in the general
 21 election.
 22 § 18-106. Ballots. 1. For offices subject to the ranked choice voting
 23 method, the ballot shall be simple and easy to understand and allow a
 24 voter to rank candidates for an office based on preference. If feasible,
 25 ballots shall be designed so that a voter may mark that voter's first
 26 choices in the same manner as that for offices not elected by the ranked
 27 choice voting method.
 28 2. Instructions on the ballot shall conform substantially to the
 29 following s