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1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY FALLON
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting that the
1 4 legislative council establish an interim study
1 5 committee to study instant runoff voting.
1 6 WHEREAS, the election process established by
1 7 government should advance and protect the right of its
1 8 citizens to vote; and
1 9 WHEREAS, increasing voter turnout is a laudable
1 10 goal of any election process; NOW THEREFORE,
1 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
1 12 SENATE CONCURRING, That the legislative council is
1 13 requested to establish a legislative interim study
1 14 committee for the 2003 interim on instant runoff
1 15 voting, a system of voting by which a voter is allowed
1 16 to rank the candidates for an office on the ballot in
1 17 the order of preference. The committee shall study
1 18 the feasibility of such a process being used in this
1 19 state, what elections it should be used for, whether
1 20 such a voting system has increased voter turnout in
1 21 the localities where it is used, and any other issues
1 22 related to this type of voting.
1 23 LSB 1983HH 80
1 24 sc/sh/8
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