Missouri approves measure to ban ranked-choice voting

Missouri voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure aimed at banning ranked-choice voting in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects.

The proposed amendment to the state constitution will bar the implementation of ranked-choice elections, under which voters rank candidates in order of preference.

The Show Me State does not currently use ranked-choice voting, but some in the GOP have targeted the practice, which is used statewide in Alaska and Maine.

Measures to implement the systems, doing away with partisan primaries, were on the ballot in several other states on Tuesday. Proponents say the practice gives voters more choices, while opponents have panned it as too convoluted.

A measure was also on the ballot in Alaska to repeal the newly implemented system in the Last Frontier State, where Democratic Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola (D) won a full term in the red state’s sole House seat in the first cycle with ranked-choice voting during the midterms.

The Missouri proposal, Amendment 7, also bans noncitizen voting — which is also already illegal in the state.

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