There could be a major change in how people in Connecticut vote.

A legislative panel wants to give towns and party primaries the option to use ranked-choice voting.

With ranked-choice voting, a person would list their first choice, followed by their second and third choice.

If one's top pick does not receive enough support, that candidate is eliminated and your vote goes to your second choice.

Gov. Ned Lamont had appointed a working group to study the process.

That group has recommended that ranked-choice voting be an option for local elections and party primaries with multiple candidates.

However, Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas has mixed feelings on the suggestion.

"I do find myself in a tough spot, because as a voter, hands down, I love the idea of ranked-choice voting very much. I love the idea of all pro-democracy efforts. But in my job as secretary, I need to think a little more holistically," she says.

Thomas says she is worried about experimenting with ranked-choice voting while the state is concurrently rolling out new voting tabulators and no-excuse absentee balloting.

State lawmakers would have to approve any changes.