FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2025
Arlington, VA – A bipartisan bill to ban the disastrous practice of Ranked-Choice Voting in Kansas has been signed into law by the state’s Democrat governor.
Importantly, Senate Bill 6 stipulates that “[n]o form of ranked-choice voting method shall be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any federal, state, county or other municipal elected office.”
The Election Transparency Initiative provided Senate testimony in support of the ban.
National Chairman of the Election Transparency Initiative and former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following statement:
“We thank the legislature, the bill’s champions and the governor for banning the disastrous Ranked-Choice Voting scheme in Kansas. Make no mistake, it’s an Election Integrity wrecking ball, is never workable and should always be prohibited.”
Ranked-Choice Voting, also known as ‘Instant-Runoff Voting’ and ‘Preferential Voting,’ is a scheme that has made voting more confusing and difficult, reduced transparency, and put confidence and certainty at risk when implemented in public elections, with horror stories in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, New York, Utah, Virginia and elsewhere.
As designed, Ranked-Choice Voting manufactures a majority winner by routinely ‘exhausting’—or throwing out—thousands of ballots so candidates need only win a majority of the remaining votes, not a majority of all votes cast.
The voting scheme is intended to dramatically push our politics to the Left, to elevate Left-leaning politicians, and to weaken political parties to their benefit by disenfranchising voters.
- Provided here is a comprehensive list of RCV horror stories.
- Read Chairman Cuccinelli’s Senate testimony, or view our fact sheet.
- Visit com to learn more.
The Election Transparency Initiative, a partnership between the American Principles Project (APP) and Susan B. Anthony (SBA) Pro-Life America, was organized to combat federal H.R. 1 and H.R. 4 legislation and advocate for state-based election reforms that voters can trust.
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