This bill establishes a ranked-choice voting procedure for primary and general elections in New Jersey for various offices, including Governor, State Senate, State General Assembly, United States Senate, and House of Representatives, as well as presidential primaries and general elections for electors of President and Vice-President. Ranked-choice voting allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, with ballots counted in rounds and votes distributed according to voter preferences. The bill outlines specific definitions and procedures for conducting these elections, including the election threshold for candidates, the handling of exhausted ballots, and the process for tabulating votes in both single-winner and multi-winner elections.

The bill mandates that ballots be designed to enable voters to rank candidates, including write-in options, and specifies that at least six candidates must be rankable, even if voting equipment limits the number of rankings. For single-winner elections, a candidate is elected upon reaching a threshold of 50 percent of the votes plus one, while multi-winner elections for the General Assembly require candidates to achieve a threshold of 33 percent plus one. The Secretary of State is tasked with issuing guidelines to implement these procedures, and the bill will take effect once voting machines are certified to support ranked-choice voting, with specific provisions for the Governor's election contingent upon voter approval of a constitutional amendment.