updates on Vote No on banning ranked choice voting 08.14.24

[Rachel MacNair]

 Vote NO 

on MO Amendment 7

Court Case

We had hoped that a lawsuit would lead to more accurate wording on the ballot, but the court decided against us this morning. The wording is the same as what the legislature decided when it put this on the ballot, so we'll still have to deal with the issue of ballot candy. (If you want to use the occasion to write a letter to the editor, we have a page with links to Missouri newspapers.)

State Fair

We were at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia for four days this past weekend. A highly productive time, with talks with many voters. The picture below is of Zachary Goss and me (Rachel MacNair). 

The most important point I picked up is that people really responded to the point that the legislature put this on the ballot. And even more when told they put it on the ballot on the last day of the session. That brought out a lot of cynicism and comments about how tricky they were. Nobody but nobody defended the legislature or indicated its involvement was a positive.  I learned quickly to make that the first sentence of the pitch for those that asked what Amendment 7 was. I think it important for anyone else thinking to write or speak against Amendment 7 to know that was remarkably effective. 

Making the Pitch to both Republicans and Democrats

Since it was nearly an even split between the parties when they put Amendment 7 on the ballot, we need especially to make the case to Republican voters. As was shown by our experience at the State Fair, this is actually remarkably easy to do. The positive response to the idea of ranking is a strong majority no matter which party people are in. 

So we've created two pages, one for Republicans and one for Democrats, making the case to people who would be most impressed with those arguments. 

Please think of what friends you have that are strong party sympathizers and send them the link to the one they'd like, if you think it might impress them. Getting a note from friends is far more effective than an impersonal mailer. 

-- Rachel MacNair

for Preserve Local Elections