This week's question was, How many RCV-related bills did state lawmakers introduce in 2023?

You answered: 98
The correct answer is 113.

State legislatures considered more than double the number of bills related to ranked-choice voting (RCV) in 2023 than the previous year.

Legislators considered 44 RCV related bills in 2022, compared to 113 this year. Seventy-nine of the 113 total bills introduced this year either allowed or required new uses of RCV. The number of measures prohibiting RCV has also doubled, from nine bans or repeals introduced in 2022 to 18 such bills this year.

Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota adopted new RCV bans—joining Florida and Tennessee, which were the first states to do so in 2022. Republican trifectas controlled all five of these states when these laws were passed. Similar Republican-sponsored bills advanced in other states, as well: Arizona HB2552 (vetoed), Montana HB598, North Dakota HB1273 (vetoed), and Texas SB921 (passed one chamber; died).

Republican lawmakers in Alaska and Maine, where ranked-choice voting has been implemented for some federal and state-level elections through statewide ballot measures, introduced legislation that would repeal RCV. As of Dec. 1, 2023, none of this legislation had advanced out of committee.

Read more about election administration legislation here.

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