Missourians pass amendment banning ranked-choice voting

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – Missouri residents voted to ban ranked-choice voting Tuesday after rejecting Amendment 7.

The measure asked voters to amend the state constitution to allow only U.S. citizens to vote in elections, already federal law, and to ban ranked-choice voting.

In a typical election in the United States, a single winner is chosen from those with the most votes. However, if there are more than two candidates, this may result in a candidate receiving the elected position with less than 50% of the vote.

In a ranked-choice voting system, people vote on candidates based on their preferences. In ranked-choice voting, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and their votes are distributed to that voter’s second choice.

This system would repeat until one person has more than 50% of the vote.

This change to ranked choice voting will impact both primaries and general elections.

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