Comment on YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024.

• eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  As of April 30, five states had banned RCV in 2025, which brought the total number of states that prohibit RCV to 16.

  Gov. Mark Gordon (Republican) signed HB 165 on March 18.
  West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey (Republican) signed SB 490 the March 19.
  

  *** Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (Democrat) signed SB 6 into law on April 1.*** North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong (Republican) signed HB 1297 on April 15. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (Republican) signed HB 1706 which became law on April 17.

  Six states banned RCV in 2024.

  5/6 are Republican shitheads however.

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  • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This is the reality of the ‘both sides…’ arguments, yes both sides are guilty of doing despicable things but the scales are very heavily tipped in one direction.
    Unfortunately with how far americans have legislated and tightened the stranglehold on control of the ‘democratic’ process, i dont see this ever being undone… ‘willingly’…

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  • 13igTyme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    While Kansas has a Democratic governor, I wouldn’t call it a blue state. This was likely a ballot measure and the people voted on it. The governor just put into law what the people voted on. Nothing more.

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    • Zexks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So I looked into this being from Kansas it kind of pissed me off. Turns out she won with like 49% where the Rs got only 47 and two different third parties took about 4%. So Rs were pushing for it thinking those that cast third party would put them next over the Dem, while calling them wasted and spoiled votes. So this was proposed by the Wichita mayor under the guise that RCV was too complicated for people to understand, and likely kelly signed the ban because of fear she might lose her minor majority. Total fucking bullshit politics as usual.

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      • eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        So this was proposed by the Wichita mayor under the guise that RCV was too complicated for people to understand, and likely kelly signed the ban because of fear she might lose her minor majority. Total fucking bullshit politics as usual.

        Sounds like them. Capitulating to Republicans because of fear.

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    • eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      While Kansas has a Democratic governor, I wouldn’t call it a blue state.

      Ah so the one time it happened it doesn’t count.

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      • 13igTyme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        By that logic, California is a red state because Schwarzenegger was Governor at one point.

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  • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Kansas has Republican supermajorities in both legislative houses. She didn’t have a choice but to sign.

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    • eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Did she veto it?

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      • HighFructoseLowStand@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Do you not know what a supermajority is?

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• MetalMachine@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Your right about that, it is a fair thing to point out. However, I will mention that the democratic party has a hostile past to 3rd parties where they would do things like suing them to get them off ballots.

  Here is one example for reference: apnews.com/…/2022-midterm-elections-lawsuits-voti…

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