SB490 prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting methods by state, county, or local elections offices to conduct elections or nominations of candidates for local government, statewide, or federal elective offices in West Virginia. The West Virginia Senate passed SB490 on March 4, 2025 by a vote of 31 to 2.
We have assigned pluses to the yeas because ranked-choice voting undermines the electorate’s ability to choose the best candidate in elections, threatens election integrity, and is designed to elect moderate-to-leftist politicians, which generally means they do not wholeheartedly adhere to the U.S. Constitution.
