SB55 prevents the State Board of Elections from authorizing and a political subdivision from establishing a system of ranked-choice voting.
The House passed SB55 on March 1, 2023, by vote of 63 to 5. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because states should oppose all attempts to enact ranked-choice voting. This complicated, multiple-round, and unconstitutional method weakens election integrity by allowing a candidate to potentially win without genuine support from a plurality of voters. The scheme’s ballot casting requirements not only undermine each citizen’s right to vote, but could prevent them from being able to vote for the one and only candidate of their choice.