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Senate committee advances bill banning ranked‑choice voting; amendments to narrow the ban fail
Summary
Senate Bill 6, which would prohibit ranked‑choice voting in Kansas and void local ordinances permitting it before July 1, 2025, passed favorably out of the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee after the committee rejected two amendments to narrow its scope.
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 6, a bill that would prohibit ranked‑choice voting in any election conducted in Kansas and nullify any local ordinance, resolution or regulation adopting ranked‑choice methods before July 1, 2025.
Jason Long, Office of the Revisor of Statutes, told the committee the bill defines ranked‑choice voting, forbids “any form of ranked choice voting methods in any elections conducted in the state,” and nullifies prior local measures that allowed ranked‑choice voting. The bill…
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