Indiana bans ranked-choice voting, joining 17 other states
by Staff Report
Indiana Governor Mike Braun has signed Senate Bill 12 into law, banning ranked-choice voting (RCV) statewide and making Indiana the eighteenth state to do so. The law prohibits the use of RCV in state, county, and local municipal elections.
Trent England, a co-chairman of the Stop Ranked-Choice Voting Coalition and executive director of Save Our States, thanked Gov. Braun and state legislators for standing up for Indiana voters:
“The Indiana Legislature and Gov. Braun made the right choice. RCV gains a foothold by starting small at the local level, then expanding to other municipalities and, eventually, statewide. Stopping it early is the only way forward.”
Jason Snead, the coalition’s other co-chairman and executive director of the Honest Elections Project, echoed the sentiment:
“Thank you to lawmakers, Secretary Morales, and Governor Braun, for joining the rapidly growing list of states banning ranked-choice voting. Indiana voters deserve secure, transparent, and easily auditable elections. Senate Bill 12 ensures that.”
State legislators and governors around the country are starting to understand the danger of allowing RCV on any level. At the same time, voters in red and blue states are rejecting it outright, as evidenced by the six failed ballot measures in 2024.