Illinois Senate Bill 315

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-17 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Ranked Choice Voting Article in the Election Code. Provides that members of the General Assembly and the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, State Treasurer, Judge of the Supreme, Appellate, and Circuit Court, United States Representative, United States Senator, and President of the United States shall be elected by ranked choice voting. Allows the voter to rank the candidates for an office in order of preference. Provides that elections in which ranked choice voting is used with other methods, if possible, the same ballot must be used for all offices being voted on, with the different methods of voting clearly separated on the ballot. Provides tabulation procedures for first ranked choices and any subsequent rounds of voting required. Provides that if 2 or more candidates are tied and tabulation cannot continue until the candidate with the fewest votes is defeated, provides for the defeated candidate to be chosen by lot. Allows an election authority to resolve prospective ties between candidates before the election. Allows an election authority to modify the tabulation of ranked choice voting to include batch elimination. Provides that for elections using ranked choice voting, precinct returns must include the number of votes in the first ranking for each candidate. Allows the State Board of Elections and election authorities to modify the processes for precinct returns to allow for compliance with the provisions. Provides the State Board of Elections rulemaking authority to implement the provisions of the Article. Makes other and conforming changes throughout the Code.

ELEC CD-RANKED CHOICE VOTING

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Sen. Ann Gillespie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-17	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Ann Gillespie
2023-02-02	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-02	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-02	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	5	1-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	16-3	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	17-11	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	17-18	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	18-5	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	18-9	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	21-2	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	22-7	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	22A-1	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-10	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-15	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-20	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-25	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-30	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-35	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-40	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-45	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-5	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-50	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-55	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	22A-60	New Code	See Bill Text
10	5	7-46	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-52	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-53	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-56	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	7-59	Amended Code	Citation Text
10	5	Art. 22A heading	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=315&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB0315.htm