A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the state Board of elections to conduct a pilot program in which the INSTANT RUNOFF METHOD OF VOTING WOULD BE USED IN LOCAL ELECTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The State Board of Elections shall select up to 10 counties in which to conduct a pilot program during the 2005 and 2006 elections. In selecting those counties, the State Board shall seek diversity of population size, regional location, and demographic composition. The pilot shall be conducted in a county only with the concurrence of the county board of elections. The pilot program shall consist of using the instant runoff method of voting, as described in House Bill 1024 of the 2005 Session of the General Assembly, with modifications the State Board deems necessary, in primaries and/or elections for city offices, for county offices, or for both. The State Board shall not use instant runoff voting in a primary or election for an office unless the entire electorate for the office uses the same method.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law. The State Board of Elections shall closely monitor the pilot program and report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly at its 2006 Regular Session and to the 2007 General Assembly.