AUGUSTA – The Maine Republican Party announced Friday it was filing a lawsuit in federal court in its latest effort to stop the use of ranked-choice voting in the primary elections on June 12. The announcement came shortly after delegates at the party’s biannual convention voted unanimously to change the party’s platform rules to say […]
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Ranked Choice … what?
What is ranked choice voting? Ranked choice voting allows you to rank candidates in a race from most to least favorite. If your favorite candidate receives the least amount of votes in a race, your vote will be transferred to your second favorite candidate. The way we vote now: Right now, when we go to the ballots, […]
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Franklin County Democrats to learn about ranked choice voting
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Democratic Committee will meet from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Mallett School. The guest speaker will be Abbie Ryder of The Chamberlain Project Foundation. Ryder’s nonpartisan presentation will address the impact, pros and cons of ranked-choice voting. An “Act to Implement Ranked-choice Voting in 2021” will be […]
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Maine Secretary of State prepares to use ranked choice voting in June 12 primaries
AUGUSTA – Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap said Wednesday he would move forward to conduct a first-in-the-nation statewide ranked choice election on June 12, when Democrats and Republicans pick their party nominees from crowded fields for governor and two other races. Dunlap’s announcement came a day after the state’s high court issued an opinion saying the […]
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Judge rules ranked choice voting allowed in June
AUGUSTA — The state’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a ballot-box law that moves Maine’s primary elections to a ranked-choice voting system should stand for the pending primary elections in June. The June 12 vote will be the first in the nation for a statewide use of ranked-choice voting system. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court […]
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‘One man, one vote’ among legal concerns facing ranked-choice voting
PORTLAND (AP) — A comment during supreme court arguments on ranked-choice voting offers a window into where many fear that things are headed — more legal challenges. Justice Donald Alexander questioned whether the system that lets voters rank candidates could violate the “one man, one vote” principle. His colleagues suggested that’s an argument for later. […]
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How ranked-choice voting effort became a partisan flash point
When then state Rep. Diane Russell first pushed for the Legislature to adopt ranked-choice voting in 2009, she didn’t expect it to be a partisan issue, and it wasn’t. Most of her colleagues in the 124th Legislature – then controlled entirely by her fellow Democrats – were against it, regardless of the party they belonged […]
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Legislative fix on ranked-choice voting falters in Senate, leaving fate to courts
AUGUSTA — A last-minute attempt by Maine lawmakers to resolve some of the issues surrounding ranked-choice voting failed Thursday, leaving it up to the courts to decide the fate of the first-in-the-nation system. A 17-17 vote on a joint order in the Maine Senate scuttled attempts by Democrats to resolve concerns that Republicans had raised […]
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Ranked-choice voting not for me
Ranked-choice voting is not for me, and it shouldn’t be the election methodology anywhere in the state of Maine. The Maine state constitution requires a plurality of votes for a win because it forces the two top contenders to face off in a battle of ideas in a public forum for the benefit of a […]
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Judge orders Maine to use ranked-choice voting for June primaries
A judge Wednesday ordered Maine’s Secretary of State to move forward with implementing ranked-choice voting for the June primaries despite concerns about conflicting language in state law. Later in the day, the same judge also heard arguments in a separate Maine Senate challenge that could end with the state’s Supreme Judicial Court making the final decision about whether […]