Illinois Senate Bill 1456

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-04-18 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creates the Presidential Primary Ranked Choice Voting Act. Provides that any State-administered primary election for the President of the United States shall be conducted using ranked choice voting. Sets forth provisions concerning form of ballot, tabulation, inactive ballots and undervotes, and ties for ranked choice voting. Provides that at least 150 days before the date of the presidential primary election, the State committee of each political party that intends to use the State-administered presidential primary in its nomination process shall inform the State Board of Elections in writing of its intention. Provides that the State committee's written notice shall indicate whether the party prefers tabulation to occur on a winner-take-all basis or on a proportional basis. Provides that if a party's notice fails to specify how to tabulate ballots, the State-administered presidential primary election for that party shall be tabulated on a statewide winner-take-all basis. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall adopt rules or guidance to facilitate the release of unofficial preliminary round-by-round results and unofficial preliminary cast vote records as soon as feasible after the polls close and at regular intervals thereafter until the counting of ballots is complete. Sets forth information that the State Board of Elections shall make public. Provides that the State Board of Elections shall have the authority to adopt any rules necessary to implement the provisions. Defines terms.

PRIMARY RANKED CHOICE VOTE ACT

Sen. Laura Murphy [D]

Sen. Rachel Ventura [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-18	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Rachel Ventura
2023-03-31	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2023-03-23	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
2023-03-10	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
2023-02-23	Senate	To Subcommittee on Elections
2023-02-14	Senate	Assigned to Executive
2023-02-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-07	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1456&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1456.htm