The conversation about Ranked Choice Voting continues around the country, much to the dismay of anyone who believes that one person means one vote. Ranked Choice would give voters the opportunity to vote, technically, more than once. Better Elections is a group trying to change the voting system, but the money used to fund that campaign isn't coming from Missourians.
“It feels like the past couple of times we’ve had big, out-of-state special interests trying to fund a ballot initiative in Missouri, it hasn’t worked out well,” says Missouri Senator Bill Eigel (Dist. 23).
Eigel cites the Medicaid Expansion and the Clean Missouri debates to back the claim, saying neither of these special interest groups actually did what they were supposed to do, or flat out lied about the outcomes of the moves they suggest. To avoid such situations, Initiative Petition Reform is needed; a reform that would make it more difficult for special interest groups to impose their will on State Constitutions. Unfortunately, that reform might come too late, as the bill was only just placed on the Senate calendar on April 26.
“We are so late in the session, that it’s hard to believe that… it’s going to be able to make it through the process,” says Eigel. “It’s just been turned in so late, it really hurts the chances we can get something across the finish line.”
Senator Bill Eigel joins the Marc Cox Morning Show to talk Ranked Choice Voting.
“I’m very concerned about it, I don’t think it should pass.”
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