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Thu Jun 6, 2024, 05:11 AM Jun 2024

Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/05/nx-s1-4969563/ranked-choice-voting-bans

Missouri joins other red states in trying to stamp out ranked choice voting

JUNE 5, 2024 10:00 AM ET
St. Louis Public Radio
By Jason Rosenbaum



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.
Mark Thiessen/AP


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.

Missouri could soon join them.

If approved by voters, a GOP-backed measure set for the state ballot this fall would amend Missouri’s constitution to ban ranked choice voting.

Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank candidates and ensures the winner gains majority support, as compared to the vast majority of elections, where someone can win with a plurality of votes.

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