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Election Reform

GreenPartyVoter

(73,050 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:18 PM Jul 2020

Yay! Ranked choice voting is added to our Maine presidential elections!

https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/15/politics/maine-to-use-ranked-choice-voting-in-presidential-election-after-gop-veto-effort-fails/

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Yay! Ranked choice voting is added to our Maine presidential elections! (Original Post) GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 OP

YES! Ranked choice! Lucky Mainers catrose Jul 2020 #1

What is it? soothsayer Jul 2020 #2

Instant run off. We rank candidates in order of preference. If someone passes 50%, they win. If not, GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #3

Ah! Thanks soothsayer Jul 2020 #4

Np! GreenPartyVoter Jul 2020 #5

Any chance they can get a tuna sandwich on the ballot? bluedigger Jul 2020 #6

catrose

(5,236 posts)

1. YES! Ranked choice! Lucky Mainers

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:21 PM

Jul 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

2. What is it?

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:21 PM

Jul 2020

GreenPartyVoter

(73,050 posts)

3. Instant run off. We rank candidates in order of preference. If someone passes 50%, they win. If not,

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:30 PM

Jul 2020

the ballots for the candidate with the least votes are redistributed to the voters various second choice preferences. The process continues until a candidate reaches 50% and is declared the winner.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

4. Ah! Thanks

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:32 PM

Jul 2020

GreenPartyVoter

(73,050 posts)

5. Np!

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:33 PM

Jul 2020

bluedigger

(17,148 posts)

6. Any chance they can get a tuna sandwich on the ballot?

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 08:02 PM

Jul 2020

Because if I'm ranking my choices...

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