LANSING — The Michigan House voted to ban ranked choice voting this week, though the proposal is unlikely to make it through the state Senate.

Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank candidates based on their preference, generally one through five.

After each vote count, the candidate with the fewest votes is removed, while the votes of their supporters are awarded to the candidate they picked as their second choice.

That process continues until one candidate reaches 50%.

Two states — Alaska and Maine — have implemented ranked choice voting for local positions, statewide offices and the presidency.

Opponents of ranked choice voting say that it complicates the process for voters and election workers, who already took on greater responsibilities in response to a 2022 constitutional a

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