{"id":1851499,"date":"2023-02-17T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T19:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851499"},"modified":"2023-02-17T14:38:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T19:38:40","slug":"north-dakota-republicans-are-one-step-closer-to-banning-ranked-choice-voting-in-state-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-dakota-republicans-are-one-step-closer-to-banning-ranked-choice-voting-in-state-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"North Dakota Republicans Are One Step Closer To Banning Ranked-Choice Voting In State Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-dakota-republicans-are-one-step-closer-to-banning-ranked-choice-voting-in-state-elections%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>North Dakota took a major step towards securing its elections on Wednesday after the state\u2019s Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a bill banning ranked-choice voting (RCV). This is in accordance with the Republican National Committee. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/01\/state-lawmakers-should-follow-the-rncs-lead-and-reject-ranked-choice-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disavowed<\/a> RCV at its January meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In a 74-19 vote, North Dakota\u2019s lower chamber approved <a href=\"https:\/\/ndlegis.gov\/assembly\/68-2023\/regular\/bill-overview\/bo1273.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HB 1273<\/a>Which <a href=\"https:\/\/ndlegis.gov\/assembly\/68-2023\/regular\/documents\/23-0371-04000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Please specify<\/a> RCV \u201cmay not be used in determining the election or nomination of any candidate to any local, state, or federal elective office.\u201d According to a, no North Dakota jurisdiction uses ranked-choice voting in elections. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfyrtv.com\/2023\/02\/16\/nd-house-advances-bill-ban-ranked-choice-approval-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Local state news outlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under RCV, which critics call \u201d rigged-choice voting,\u201d voters rank candidates in order of preference. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes in the first round of voting, the last-place finisher is eliminated, and his votes are reallocated to the voter\u2019s second-choice candidate. This process continues until one candidate has received a majority vote.<\/p>\n<p>HB 1273 bans RCV and prohibits localities using approval voting. This means that voters can choose as many candidates as they want in a race, and the winner is the one with the most votes. Fargo is the city. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kfyrtv.com\/2023\/02\/16\/nd-house-advances-bill-ban-ranked-choice-approval-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Only<\/a> North Dakota has a municipality that uses this system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill was brought before [the House] to ensure that all citizens of North Dakota have their constitutional and civic rights protected by the state and not\u2026 be diluted\u2026 by the city or by the local ballot,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inforum.com\/news\/fargo\/state-legislature-a-step-closer-to-stripping-fargo-of-approval-voting-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a> Ben Koppelman (rep. GOP) is the bill sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now goes to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/North_Dakota_State_Senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate of the state<\/a>In this state, Republicans hold a majority of 43-4.<\/p>\n<p>RCV advocates <a href=\"https:\/\/thisisreno.com\/2022\/06\/ranked-choice-voting-advocates-celebrate-state-supreme-court-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Claim<\/a> This system would provide voters with the opportunity to vote \u201cmore options\u201d On Election Day, RCV-based states have produced results that are clearly contrary to the voters&#8217; wishes. In Alaska, a Republican state that is a reliable source of Republican support, Democrat Mary Peltola won last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/11\/ranked-choice-voting-keeps-rigging-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It is possible to win<\/a> Alaska\u2019s at-large congressional seat despite \u201cnearly 60 percent of voters casting their ballots for a Republican.\u201d That outcome was due to the state\u2019s new RCV system.<\/p>\n<p>RCV played an important role in helping Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski defeat a challenge by Kelly Tshibaka, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s backer, during the 2022 midterms. As The Federalist\u2019s Tristan Justice previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/09\/alaskas-ranked-choice-voting-scheme-was-a-plot-to-save-murkowski-but-it-also-doomed-palin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, Murkowski\u2019s allies were heavily involved in the push for Alaska to adopt RCV to bolster the incumbent senator\u2019s reelection prospects. She won because of the system. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adn.com\/politics\/2022\/11\/23\/alaska-us-sen-lisa-murkowski-wins-reelection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Because it is second<\/a> on Alaska Democrats\u2019 ranked-choice ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Maine is the only other state currently using RCV in its elections, alongside Alaska.<\/p>\n<p> Shawn Fleetwood, a staff writer for The Federalist, is a graduate of The University of Mary Washington. He is also the Convention of States Action&#8217;s state content writer. His work was featured in many outlets such as RealClearPolitics. RealClearHealth. Conservative Review. Follow him @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, Republicans in the North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill banning the use of ranked-choice voting in elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1851502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6492,11099,5751,6571,5213,9983,3756,5101,4351],"class_list":["post-1851499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-banning","tag-closer","tag-dakota","tag-elections","tag-north","tag-ranked-choice","tag-republicans","tag-step","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}