Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10. Missouri could soon join them.
Five Republican-led states have banned ranked choice voting in recent months. Voters in other states, including Missouri, could ban the system later this year. Here, anti-ranked choice voting buttons are seen in Alaska.ST. LOUIS — Five states have banned ranked choice voting in the last two months, bringing the total number of Republican-leaning states now prohibiting the voting method to 10.Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy.
If someone gets a majority of initial votes, they win. If no one gets a majority, the fourth place contender would be eliminated. And voters who ranked that candidate first would have their vote go to their second choice. This process would continue until a candidate gets a majority.
“To say that the only way to give confidence is to do exactly what we've been doing and enshrine exactly what people are starting to question into the constitution forever does not make any sense,” Woods said.
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