Massachusetts and Vermont Have Bills for Limited Use of Ranked-Choice Voting in Presidential Primaries for Overseas Voters

Bills have been introduced in both Massachusetts and Vermont to provide that overseas absentee presidential primary ballots should allow a limited form of ranked-choice voting. Both states in 2016 will have March 1 presidential primaries, and in both states, the ballot will just be for president, not other office. The bills would provide that overseas absentee voters can rank their choice. In case the voter ranks a candidate #1, but that candidate withdraws from the race for the nomination by March 1, then that voter’s number two choice will be counted instead of the number one choice. The bills are HB 115 in Vermont, and HD 2394 in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts bill so far is just a draft. Thanks to Josh Putnam for this news.


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