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Ohio Senate passes bill to withhold funds from localities that adopt ranked-choice voting
Summary
The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 63 to prohibit ranked-choice voting by withholding local government fund distributions from municipalities or charter counties that adopt it; sponsors argued the method is confusing and costly and cited national examples. The bill passed the Senate 27-5.
The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 63 on May 13, a measure that would withhold state local government fund distributions from municipalities or charter counties that adopt ranked-choice voting.
Senator Theresa Gavarone, a lead sponsor, told the Senate the bill “would withhold local government fund distributions from a municipality or charter county that uses ranked choice voting.” She described ranked-choice voting as a method that eliminates candidates…
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