Wyoming Makes Twelve: State protects voters with ban on ranked-choice voting
by Staff
Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has signed a bill banning ranked-choice voting. The measure, which was championed by Secretary of State Chuck Grey, moved quickly through both chambers of the legislature before reaching the governor. Wyoming officials took this preventive measure to save their residents from delayed results, longer lines at the polls, and confusion. In the past three years, eleven other states have banned RCV.
Jason Snead and Trent England are the co-chairmen of the national Stop Ranked-Choice Voting Coalition. They thanked Gov. Gordon, Sec. Grey, and legislators for safeguarding their state’s elections:
“Wyoming is a state known for taking election integrity seriously, and banning ranked choice voting goes a long way in ensuring that Wyoming maintains its position as one of the best states in the country for honest elections.” - Jason Snead, co-chairman of the Stop RCV Coalition and executive director of the Honest Elections Project
“Congratulations to the Governor, the Secretary of State, and to legislators for being proactive and banning RCV before it gets a chance to gain a foothold in Wyoming. RCV makes voting harder for voters and makes it harder to run elections and get timely results. Everyone is better off without RCV.” - Trent England, co-chairman of the Stop RCV Coalition and executive director of Save Our States
Like most state ranked-choice voting bans, House Bill 0165 outlaws the use of ranked-choice voting statewide. The Cowboy State has now joined Florida, Tennessee, Idaho, South Dakota, Montana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Missouri as they protect citizens from the broken election scheme known as ranked-choice voting.