Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_128th/billtexts/SP057803.asp
Timestamp: 2019-10-19 16:59:42
Document Index: 658283623

Matched Legal Cases: ['§722', '§1', '§2', '§723', '§2', '§5']

SP0578, LD 1625, item 3, ‘An Act To Implement Ranked-choice Voting in 2019 for All State Primary Elections and for General Elections for the Offices of United States Senator and United States Representative to Congress’
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‘An Act To Implement Ranked-choice Voting in 2019 for All State Primary Elections and for General Elections for the Offices of United States Senator and United States Representative to Congress’
B. General and special elections for the offices of United States Senator and United States Representative to Congress.
Sec. 3. 21-A MRSA §722, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2017, c. 141, §2, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 21-A MRSA §723-A, sub-§2, as enacted by IB 2015, c. 3, §5, is amended to read:
6. Application. This section applies to elections held on or after January December 1, 2018 2019.
Sec. 6. Secretary of State to report. The Secretary of State shall conduct an evaluation of implementation of ranked-choice voting for primary elections for the offices of United States Senator, United States Representative to Congress, Governor, State Senator and State Representative and general and special elections for the offices of United States Senator and United States Representative to Congress, including, but not limited to, identification of statutory conflicts between Initiated Bill 2015, chapter 3 as amended by this Act and relevant provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes. The evaluation must include an estimate of the costs associated with the implementation of ranked-choice voting. No later than January 2, 2019, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over elections matters, including recommended legislation, for the administration of ranked-choice voting as described in this section. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over elections matters is authorized to submit legislation based on the report described in this section to the First Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.
Sec. 7. Application. This Act applies to elections described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, section 1, subsection 27-C, paragraphs A and B held on or after December 1, 2019.’
This amendment replaces the bill. It amends the laws governing ranked-choice voting to exclude the election of Governor, State Senator and State Representative. The ranked-choice voting method would still be applied to primary nomination elections for these offices. The amendment delays the implementation of ranked-choice voting for applicable offices until elections held after December 1, 2019. The amendment requires the Secretary of State to submit a report on the implementation of ranked-choice voting to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over elections matters no later than January 1, 2019.