The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 951, seeks to amend Title 9 of the general statutes to introduce ranked-choice voting as a method for casting and tabulating votes. This voting system allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, with the tabulation process occurring in sequential rounds. In each round, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated until a candidate receives the majority of votes in the final round. The bill also stipulates that ranked-choice voting can be utilized in presidential preference primaries and gives municipalities the option to adopt this method for single-member offices.

The bill does not specify any deletions from current law but focuses on the insertion of new provisions that establish ranked-choice voting as a legitimate electoral method. The intent of the legislation is to enhance the electoral process by providing voters with more options and ensuring that elected candidates have broader support among the electorate.