ranked-choice voting
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2018
Letter to the editor: Ranked-choice voting must be restored – now
Ranked-choice voting is constitutional, simple and nonpartisan. It can be used, right now, for the state and federal June primary elections and the November general elections for federal offices. There are absolutely no constitutional questions with any of those elections. And it can be used at the local level just as it is in Portland […]
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2018
Commentary: What the Baseball Hall of Fame can teach us about elections
Maine's ranked-choice voting is one method for making the process reflect the electorate's intentions.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2018
Big Phish helps political cause at Portland’s Bayside Bowl
The band's drummer, who lives in Lincolnville, promotes a ranked-choice voting push – and rocks out, too.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2018
Phish drummer hits Bayside Bowl for a ranked-choice voting drive
The jam band drummer John Fishman is helping to collect signatures to force a people's veto.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2018
Letter to the editor: Sign a petition to insist on use of ranked-choice voting in Maine
The original Maine Constitution of 1820 called for majority votes in order to elect our governor and other leaders. In 1880, after a three-way race for governor resulted in nobody getting the majority and two candidates claiming victory, the state constitution was changed to require only a plurality in order to elect a leader. Today, […]
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PublishedDecember 5, 2017
Want ranked-choice voting? Elect candidates who will support a constitutional amendment
The fate of this critical reform depends on who wins in 2018, Sens. Cathy Breen and Shenna Bellows say.
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PublishedNovember 24, 2017
Maine Voices: Amend Maine’s constitution for ranked-choice voting in all elections
It's possible, even likely, that winners in ranked-choice would also win under the current system.
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PublishedNovember 17, 2017
Green Party’s Jill Stein pushes Maine’s ranked-choice voting effort
Voters approved the ranked-choice system in 2016, but lawmakers have delayed it.
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PublishedNovember 12, 2017
Campaign to restore Maine ranked-choice voting collects over half the signatures needed for a people’s veto
Petitioners collected at least 32,000 signatures for a June referendum at the polls last Tuesday.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2017
Ranked-choice voting supporters to begin ‘people’s veto’ campaign today
Advocates for the 'instant runoff' plan to be at the polls seeking signatures to overturn a bill that would delay and possibly repeal Maine's switch to the system.
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