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Related: About this forumYay! 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
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Instant run off. We rank candidates in order of preference. If someone passes 50%, they win. If not,
GreenPartyVoter
Jul 2020
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catrose
(5,242 posts)1. YES! Ranked choice! Lucky Mainers
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)2. What is it?
GreenPartyVoter
(73,073 posts)3. Instant run off. We rank candidates in order of preference. If someone passes 50%, they win. If not,
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
GreenPartyVoter
(73,073 posts)5. Np!
bluedigger
(17,157 posts)6. Any chance they can get a tuna sandwich on the ballot?
Because if I'm ranking my choices...