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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

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

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