Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Questions Rejected By Massachusetts Attorney General For 2024

The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has rejected three proposed ballot questions for 2024 seeking to implement ranked-choice voting in the state, saying they are similar to a ballot question that failed in 2020. Article 74 of the Massachusetts Constitution prohibits the state attorney general from certifying a measure that is "substantially the same" as a measure brought to the state ballot at "either of the two preceding biennial state elections" – meaning, in this case, in 2020 or 202

The Massachusetts Attorney General's office has rejected three proposed ballot questions for 2024 seeking to implement ranked-choice voting in the state, saying they are similar to a ballot question that failed in 2020. Article 74 of the Massachusetts Constitution prohibits the state attorney general from certifying a measure that is "substantially the same" as a measure brought to the state ballot at "either of the two preceding biennial state elections" – meaning, in this case, in 2020 or 202…