Extended, edited interiew with Larry Bradley
General Election Day on Tuesday, November 5 is a little more than two months away and it will be an extremely busy ballot for Missourians with numerous statewide races and amendments to be decided.
One of the six amendments that will be chosen is Amendment 7 and whether voters want to ban Ranked Choice Voting. A yes vote would amend the Missouri Constitution to outlaw RCV at any level of government elections . A a no vote would leave the Missouri Constitution unchanged.
Missouri native, Missouri State Alum, and non-partisan advocate Larry Bradley says it’s short-sided to ban something before voters have even had the opportunity to use it.
“The insiders who put this on the ballot have a fear and that fear is that voter turnout will increase with ranked-choice voting. And those people are unlikely to agree with them. If Ranked Choice Voting is used then they will have to get a majority of the vote, 50% plus one or better.”
Larry also highlights that in the August Republican primary, the nomination for Governor was won by Mike Kehoe with only 39 percent of the vote. While the Republican primary winner for Lieutenant Governor Dave Wassinger only earned 31%.
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