WHB/5/4
Sponsored by Zachary Angelis, Yingxuan Yang of Brentwood High School
This legislation was filed in the Finance and Administration category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH LEGISLATURE |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows |
| 4 | a. Ranked Choice Voting- system of voting where voters have the choice to rank candidates in |
| 5 | order from most favored to least favored. Votes that do not help their top choice move on to their |
| 6 | next until it helps a candidate win. |
| 7 | b. Single-member district plurality voting- In this voting system voters have one vote that they |
| 8 | give to the single candidate of their choosing. All the votes are counted and the candidate with the |
| 9 | most votes wins. This is the most conventional and recognizable form of voting for residents in the |
| 10 | United States of America. |
| 11 | c. Informational Campaign- A way to promote public education on civic issues through the use of |
| 12 | pamphlets, posters, local television, and ad space. |
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| 14 | Section 2: Currently, Tennessee administers a single-member district plurality voting. |
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| 16 | Section 3: This act changes the current voting method to ranked choice voting. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Section 4: This act will allow for Tennessee districts to change their voting method to ranked |
| 19 | choice voting. |
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| 21 | Section 5: Included in this act will be an informational campaign to educate the Tennessee voter |
| 22 | on how to properly vote using ranked choice voting. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Section 6: This act will also extend the period of counting votes to accommodate ranked choice |
| 25 | voting. |
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| 27 | Section 7: This bill will have a minimal upfront cost, it will have to provide funds to fund the |
| 28 | informational campaign. Funds will come from the budget of the Division of Elections. |
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| 30 | Section 8: All laws or parts of laws in conflict are hereby repealed. |
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| 32 | Section 9: This bill shall take place on January 1, 2025, to allow people to adjust to the new voting |
| 33 | system. |
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