Voters will be asked this November whether to amend the Missouri Constitution to make it the 11th state to ban ranked-choice voting.
Ranked-choice voting asks voters to rank candidates from favorite to least favorite, rather than requiring them to pick only one candidate. Maine and Alaska have adopted ranked-choice voting for some of their elections. So have cities such as New York City, Minneapolis and Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The exact ballot language for Missouri Amendment 7 is below:
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:
- Make the Constitution consistent with state law by only allowing citizens of the United States to vote;
- Prohibit the ranking of candidates by limiting voters to a single vote per candidate or issue; and
- Require the plurality winner of a political party primary to be the single candidate at a general election?
State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.
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- What does a “yes” vote do on Missouri Amendment 7?
- What is ranked-choice voting?
- Does anyone currently use ranked-choice or approval voting in Missouri?
- What are the advantages of ranked-choice voting?
- What are the arguments against ranked-choice voting?
- Who is campaigning on either side of Missouri Amendment 7?