The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to prohibit ranked choice voting in statewide elections and withhold state funding for governments that try it at the local level. The bill now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine, who spoke favorably of the ban idea when asked about it earlier this week.
It’s the second time the Senate has voted on the idea. And although two Democrats went from “yea” to “nay” this time around, the measure’s passage was never really in doubt. It passed easily, 24 to 7.
DeWine pointed, as many other lawmakers have, to examples of ranked choice tabulation taking days or even weeks.
“You know, one of the things in our system is you have to have fairly quick counts, or the public becomes really concerned about it,” DeWine said.
“It’s also, I think, if you talk to election officials, it’s a very cumbersome thing. So, you know, I’m going to look at it, but I think there’s some pretty good arguments.”
The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to prohibit ranked choice voting in statewide elections and withhold state funding for governments that try it at the local level. The bill now heads to Gov. Mike DeWine, who spoke favorably of the ban idea when asked about it earlier this week.
It’s the second time the Senate has voted on the idea. And although two Democrats went from “yea” to “nay” this time around, the measure’s passage was never really in doubt. It passed easily, 24 to 7.
DeWine pointed, as many other lawmakers have, to examples of ranked choice tabulation taking days or even weeks.
“You know, one of the things in our system is you have to have fairly quick counts, or the public becomes really concerned about it,” DeWine said.
“It’s also, I think, if you talk to election officials, it’s a very cumbersome thing. So, you know, I’m going to look at it, but I think there’s some pretty good arguments.”