1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	 relating to elections; authorizing alternative methods of voting in city elections; 
1.3 	permitting instant runoff voting; requiring a report; proposing coding for new 
1.4 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 205.
1.5 	 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	 Section 1.[205.85] [METHODS OF VOTING IN CITY ELECTIONS.]
1.7 	Nothing in Minnesota Statutes prohibits a city from adopting by ordinance for use in 
1.8 	city elections cumulative voting, ranked-order voting, or another method of voting with a 
1.9 	form of ballot that differs from the form required by section 204B.36, subdivision 2.  If 
1.10 	a city conducts a city election using an alternative method described in this section, the 
1.11 	city is requested to report on its experience to the senate and house committees with 
1.12 	jurisdiction over election laws within 30 days after the opening of the first legislative 
1.13 	session after the city first uses the alternative voting method.