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Adding #SB 1820 section about Tennessee's recent bill banning RCV/IRV statewide
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'''Tennessee''' is a state in the [[Eastern United States]], though much of the state is in the [[Central Time Zone]] (as is much of the [[Mississippi Basin]]).
== SB 1820 ==
The state of Tennessee recently outlawed "instant runoff voting" and "ranked choice voting", which they defined as follows:<ref>https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1820.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/EndFPTP/comments/swfyum/text_of_tn_law_banning_instantrunoff_voting/</ref>
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a method of casting and tabulating votes in which:
* (A) Voters rank candidates in order of preference;
* (B) Tabulation proceeds in rounds such that in each round either a candidate or candidates are elected or the last-place candidate is defeated;
* (C) Votes are transferred from elected or defeated candidates to the voters' next-ranked candidate or candidates in order of preference; and
* (D) Tabulation ends when a candidate receives the majority of votes cast or the number of candidates elected equals the number of offices to be filled, as applicable
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== References ==
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[[Category:United States]]
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