Ban on ranked choice voting passed Michigan House

Ban on ranked choice voting passed Michigan House

Though ranked choice voting is effectively prohibited under current state law, the bill seeks to explicitly ban the voting method.

MI House approves ban on ranked choice voting

A bill to ban ranked choice voting has passed in the Michigan House. With a 57 to 44 vote, the bill would amend the Michigan election law to prohibit the use of ranked choice voting, a process that pushes multiple rounds of eliminations until a single candidate reaches more than 50% of the voters. Republican state Representative Ann Bollin voted in favor of banning that process. “Ranked choice voting is not easy, it is not simple, and it does no…

Speaker Hall calls ranked choice voting ban a 'great opportunity' for Senate to pass - The Midwesterner

At a press conference on Thursday Speaker of the House Matt Hall shared that he believes the House of Representative’s passing of the ranked choice voting ban offers an opportunity for the Senate to take it up. “You know this would be a great opportunity now that the impasse is over and you all saw […]