Sunday, June 17, 2018

Maine keeps ranked choice voting

The people of Maine approved it via ballot in 2016 but the legislature passed a law to delay it until 2022. The people got the necessary votes to veto the legislation on another ballot, so now ranked choice voting will go into effect. This type of voting allows one to truly choose their preferred candidate, but also to choose their second best in case their first choice gets the fewest votes. Maine is the first State to implement this in a statewide election.

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