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Sen. Blake Doriot (R), who sponsored the bill, said during a committee hearing in January that he found RCV “somewhat distressing because in the United States we have always been one vote, one person.” Speaking during the committee hearing, state Sen. J.D. Ford (D) said, “We already don’t have it [RCV] in our state. We should be focusing on bills that get us out from the bottom in terms of voter participation in our state.” The legislation passed the Indiana Senate on Jan. 20 on a 38-9 vote, with 37 Republicans and one Democrat voting in favor and nine Democrats voting against. It was then approved on a 58-30 vote in the state House on Feb. 17, with 58 Republicans voting in favor and 28 Democrats and two Republicans voting against.