HB1297 prohibits ranked-choice voting, as well as approval voting, in all elections.
The Senate passed HB1297 on April 8, 2025, by a vote of 38 to 8. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because all efforts to enact ranked-choice voting or approval voting should be opposed. These complicated, multiple-round, and unconstitutional methods weaken election integrity by permitting a candidate to potentially win without genuine support from a plurality of voters. The schemes’ ballot casting procedures cause voter disenfranchisement by undermining the value of each citizen’s vote and could deny them their right to select the one and only candidate of their choice.
