Summary: Elections; conduct of election; ranked choicevoting; local governing bodies, school boards, and primaries for anyoffice. Allows ranked choice voting to be used in any state-runprimary election at the option of the political party for which theprimary is being held and changes from discretionary to mandatory the provision that the State Board of Elections promulgate regulationsfor the proper and efficient administration of elections determinedby ranked choice voting. The bill also allows elections of membersof a local governing body or school board to be conducted by rankedchoice voting. Current law only allows elections of members of acounty board of supervisors or city council to be conducted by rankedchoice voting.

Summary: Absentee voting; annual absentee voter list.Eliminates the permanent absentee voter list and provides for anannual absentee voter list by which any eligible voter who annuallyfiles an application and is enrolled on the list receives an absenteeballot for any election in which he is eligible to vote in the ensuingcalendar year. The application for the annual absentee voter listrequires, at a minimum, the voter to provide his printed name, hisdate of birth, and the last four digits of his social security number.

Summary: Elections; absentee voting; witness requirement;required information on return ballot envelope. Removes the witnessrequirement for absentee ballots and replaces it with the requirementthat the voter provide the last four digits of his social securitynumber and his date of birth.

Summary: Elections; conduct of election; ranked choicevoting; locally elected offices. Allows elections for any localor constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting.Under current law, only elections of members of a county board ofsupervisors or a city council are allowed to be conducted by rankedchoice voting.

Summary: Conduct of elections; electoral board to meetto ascertain results; permitted period of adjournment. Permitslocal electoral boards, when meeting after an election to ascertainthe results of such election, to adjourn as needed for a period notto exceed seven calendar days from the deadline for timely postmarkedabsentee ballots to be returned in order to be counted. Under currentlaw, the local electoral boards are permitted to adjourn for a periodnot to exceed seven calendar days from the date of the election.The bill contains technical amendments for organizational purposes.

Summary: Elections; conduct of election; ranked choice voting; primaries for federal, statewide, and General Assembly offices. Permits political parties to hold primary elections for federal or statewide offices or offices in the General Assembly by ranked choice voting. The bill also allows elections for any local or constitutional office to be conducted by ranked choice voting. Under current law, only elections of members of a county board of supervisors or a city council are allowed to be conducted by ranked choice voting. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to promulgate regulations for the proper and efficient administration of all elections determined by ranked choice voting.