The election process known as ranked choice voting isn’t compatible with one of the oldest state constitutions in America, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong, a Democrat, says.
Tong released an 11-page legal opinion Tuesday stating that the system of voting, which allows voters to rank their choices of candidates, violates at least two standing provisions of the Connecticut Constitution. The state’s attorney general said it was a “close call,” however.
“This is a close call. But I must conclude that legislation implementing RCV [ranked choice voting] in state general elections would not pass constitutional muster absent a constitutional amendment,” Tong said in the opinion, sent to Connecticut House Speaker Matthew Ritter, also a Democrat.
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