Section 20A-4-604 - Batch eliminationIn any ballot count conducted under Section 20A-4-603, the election officer may exclude candidates through batch elimination by, instead of excluding only one candidate in a ballot-counting phase, excluding each candidate:
(1) for which the number of remaining candidates with more valid rankings than that candidate is greater than or equal to the number of offices to be filled; and(2)(a) for which the number of valid rankings counted for the candidate in the ballot-counting phase plus the number of rankings counted for all candidates with fewer valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase is less than the number of valid rankings for the candidate with the next highest amount of valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase; or(b) who has fewer valid rankings in the ballot-counting phase than a candidate who is excluded under Subsection (2)(a).Amended by Chapter 342, 2022 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/4/2022.Added by Chapter 187, 2018 General Session ,§ 14, eff. 5/8/2018.Affected by 63I-2-220 on 1/1/2026