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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 1241

Instant-runoff voting; authorize for certain elections.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTIONS BY RANKED-CHOICE VOTING FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, STATE SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES FOR HOW TO DETERMINE A WINNER USING THE RANKED-CHOICE VOTING METHOD OF VOTING; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES IN THE CASE OF A TIE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING FOR ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICES OF UNITED STATES SENATOR, UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE, STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS, STATE SENATOR AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IDENTIFICATION OF STATUTORY CONFLICTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EVALUATION MUST INCLUDE AN ESTIMATE OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING; TO PROVIDE THAT NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE, INCLUDING RECOMMENDED LEGISLATION, FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF RANKED-CHOICE VOTING FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS; TO REQUIRE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT AND ELECTIONS COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE ELECTIONS COMMITTEE TO SUBMIT LEGISLATION BASED ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S REPORT TO THE 2023 REGULAR SESSION OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 18 to February 2, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Constitution
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Apportionment and Elections;ConstitutionHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives