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Lawmakers in Michigan are mulling a potential ban on ranked-choice voting in the state, the Michigan Advance reports. Save Our State's Trent England recently testified on House Bill 4707, which would prohibit ranked-choice voting, and invalidate any local ordiance that permits it.
Trent England, one of the chairs of the anti-ranked choice voting coalition Stop RCV, argued ranked choice voting makes the whole process more difficult, complicating ballot design, lengthening instruction on the ballot and requiring voters to have more information both about the ranked choice voting process, and the candidates themselves.
“You might say, ‘Well, I only have one candidate I like,’ but if you don’t rank other candidates, you run the risk of being actually disenfranchised in the election,” England said.