Authorizes ranked choice voting in Brookline, Massachusetts, for municipal elections.
The bill authorizes the use of ranked choice voting in Brookline, Massachusetts, for all town-wide offices in annual and special elections. It outlines the process for tabulating votes, including how to handle skipped rankings, overvotes, and batch elimination. The Town Clerk must publish election results showing tabulations by rounds. The use of ranked choice voting can be discontinued by a vote of the town, with a four-year waiting period before another proposal can be placed on the ballot. Educational materials must be provided to voters.
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