After voters successfully defeated pro-ranked-choice voting (RCV) ballot initiatives in the 2024 elections, several Republican legislators are gearing up to prohibit the practice in numerous states across the country.
On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled Kansas Senate passed legislation (SB 6) that seeks to bar the use of RCV in elections throughout the Sunflower State. The measure will now head to the state House for consideration.
Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers, which they’ve previously used to override vetoes issued by Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly.
Often referred to as “rigged-choice voting” by its critics, RCV is a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of first-choice votes in the first round of voting, the last-place finisher is eliminated, and his votes are…
