Washington Democrats pushing the Ranked Choice Voting Act
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED!
Register your CON position before 12:30PM, January 28
Today the Washington House State Elections and Government will hold a public hearing for HB 1448, the “Ranked Choice Voting Act.” This is a dangerous bill which would not improve Washington elections, but make them more confusing. Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) is often dubbed “Rigged Choice Voting.”
Voters rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of first-choice votes in the first round of voting, the last-place finisher is eliminated, and his votes are reallocated to the voter’s second-choice candidate. This process continues until one candidate receives a majority of votes.
In 2024, six states voted to BAN RCV: Alabama, Kentucky, Luisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Georgia. In 2022 Florida and Tennessee became the first states to ban RCV, followed by Idaho, Montana and South Dakota in 2023. When Georgia passed SB 355 last January, prohibiting RCV, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones stated:
“Ranked-choice voting is designed to cause confusion and fatigue among voters. This type of voting system, pushed by dark money groups, could cause a drastic increase in the number of ballots being thrown out, disenfranchising Georgia voters. Georgians deserve to have the utmost faith in their elections, and those pushing Ranked-choice voting are only hindering that faith.”
Washington citizens have very little, if any, faith in the elections process. Most people vote, knowing the system is highly flawed but understand the importance of voting regardless. Passing HB 1448 would serve to frustrate, discourage and disenfranchise conservative voters even further…it could be the final straw for many. Even Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and his office oppose this bill.
TAKE ACTION!
HB 1448 has a hearing on TODAY at 1:30PM (take action BEFORE 12:30PM). Please consider signing up to testify either in person or remotely on this bill. Click the button below to take the 30-Second-Call-to-Action and OPPOSE this bill.
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