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Kansas committee backs bill to ban ranked‑choice voting statewide after extended debate
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The Kansas Senate Committee of the Whole voted to report Senate Bill 6 favorably, a proposal to ban ranked‑choice voting across Kansas, after a lengthy debate about voter confusion, ballot exhaustion and local control.
The Kansas Senate Committee of the Whole voted to report Senate Bill 6 favorably, a measure that would prohibit the use of ranked‑choice voting in the state.
Senator Thompson of Johnson, the bill's carrier, told the committee that Senate Bill 6 "prohibits the use of ranked choice voting in the state of Kansas," and outlined how ranked‑choice ballots allow voters to rank candidates and are tabulated in multiple rounds. Thompson called the method "extremely confusing," said exhausted…
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