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2016 Maine Question 5

Maine Question 5, formally An Act to Establish Ranked-Choice Voting,[2] is a citizen-initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8, 2016 statewide ballot. It was approved by a vote of 52% in favor, 48% opposed.[3] It sought to change how most Maine elections will be conducted from plurality voting to instant-runoff voting (IRV, sometimes conflated with ranked-choice voting). It appeared on the ballot along with elections for President of the United States, Maine's two U.S. House seats, the legislature, five other ballot questions, and various local elections. The referendum was successful, making Maine the first state to use ranked choice voting for its federal elections.

Question 5: Citizen Initiative
An Act To Establish Ranked-Choice Voting
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 388,273 52.12%
No 356,621 47.88%
Valid votes 744,894 96.53%
Invalid or blank votes 26,814 3.47%
Total votes 771,708 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 1,058,444 72.91%
Results by counties
Source: Maine Secretary of State[1]

An advisory opinion by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, issued on May 23, 2017, said the court would rule ranked-choice voting unconstitutional if it came before them, with respect to elections for state offices. This led the Maine Legislature to vote to delay its implementation until 2021 to allow time for a Constitutional amendment to be passed to permit it. Supporters gathered signatures to force a successful people's veto referendum on the matter in order to prevent the delay.

Background edit

In the eleven Maine gubernatorial elections prior to 2016, only two candidates (incumbent governors Joe Brennan in 1982 and Angus King in 1998) won more than 50% of the vote.[4] Typically gubernatorial elections have more than two significant candidates; the 2010 election had five candidates, with Paul LePage emerging as the winner with 37.6% of the vote.[5] Some public opinion felt that his victory was due to opponents of LePage dividing their votes between Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell and independent candidate Eliot Cutler.[6]

Proposals to enact ranked-choice voting have been introduced in the legislature as early as 2003, but were rejected.[7][8] After a 2010 charter change, the city of Portland began electing its mayor using ranked-choice voting in 2011. There were new legislative proposals in 2011, though they were rejected as well.[9] In 2014, upon releasing his supporters to vote for someone else in the 2014 election, Eliot Cutler encouraged his supporters to support ranked-choice voting.[10] Led by former independent State Senator Dick Woodbury, Ranked Choice Voting collected more than the 61,123 valid signatures necessary to put a proposal to voters, collecting some 40,000 on Election Day 2014. The group collected 75,369 signatures and delivered them to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap by October 19, 2015. Dunlap ultimately certified 64,687 signatures by November 18, 2015, which put the proposal on the November 2016 ballot.[11]

Per the Maine Constitution, the proposal went to the legislature in its 2016 session, but it did not act on the measure. On January 20, 2016, the Maine House of Representatives voted to place the proposal on the ballot without holding a public hearing, over the objections of Republicans, led by Rep. Heather Sirocki, expressing concern about the constitutionality of the proposal.[12] Secretary of State Dunlap released the final wording of the question on June 23 as it was to appear on the ballot: "Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U.S. Senate, Congress, Governor, State Senate, and State Representative, and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last-place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority?"[13]

Constitutionality edit

Some, including a deputy secretary of state and a state legislator, expressed concern about the constitutionality of the proposal. Deputy Secretary of State Julie Flynn said that the Maine Constitution requires that the governor and state legislators be elected with a plurality of votes and that a system based on ranked-choice voting could be challenged in court. (The state constitution was amended in 1847, 1875, and 1880 to choose winners by plurality for house, senate, and governor, respectively.[14] Previously, an election with no majority winner would be decided by multiple election rounds or by the state legislature.)

Flynn also expressed concern that the proposal inserts the secretary of state into the process, while the Constitution states that votes shall be tabulated by municipal officials.[12] Maine Attorney General Janet Mills issued an opinion at the request of Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau stating that while the referendum must appear on the ballot, it will likely require amending the Maine Constitution to implement it, in order to satisfy the concerns given by the Secretary of State's office.

She added that the manner in which the proposal addresses how a tie in the voting should be addressed, drawing lots, directly conflicted with Article V of the Maine Constitution, which states that a tie in the vote for governor would be settled by the Maine Legislature meeting in joint session to choose a winner.[15]

The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting Maine dismissed such concerns, noting that a majority vote is always a plurality vote and that such a system has survived legal challenges in several other states. Its website statement also linked to statements by several Maine law professors supporting its arguments.[16]

After the question was approved by voters, the Maine Senate submitted questions to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, which issued an advisory opinion on May 23, 2017. They unanimously ruled that ranked-choice voting was unconstitutional in state, but not federal, general elections. In response, the legislature passed a law on November 4, 2017, that amended the ranked-choice voting law to apply only to primary elections for Congress, governor, state senator, and state representative; and for general elections for Congress.[17]

The law survived a legal challenge in federal court by U.S. Representative Bruce Poliquin, who lost reelection by ranked choice voting to Jared Golden in 2018.[18]

Campaign edit

Supporters of the proposal, led by Ranked Choice Voting Maine, contend that it will lead to people voting for the candidate that they support and end strategic voting to vote merely for the candidate that they think will win, and that the ranked choice system will result in a candidate that has some level of support from a majority of voters. They further contend that ranked-choice voting will result in less negative campaigning, as candidates will need to appeal to a broad coalition of voters beyond their base of supporters to gain support as a second or third choice, if needed.

Notable endorsements edit

Supporters edit

Current and former state legislators
Mayors
Other politicians and individuals

Opponents edit

Polling edit

Date of opinion poll Conducted by Sample size
(likely voters)
Yes No Undecided Margin of Error
October 20–25, 2016[31] University of New Hampshire 761 49% 31% 20% ±3.6%
September 15–20, 2016[32] University of New Hampshire 506 48% 29% 23% ±4.3%

Results edit

County[1] Yes Votes No Votes
Androscoggin 49.16 27,403 50.84 28,341
Aroostook 44.88 15,561 55.12 19,112
Cumberland 59.70 102,043 40.30 68,896
Franklin 47.67 7,903 52.33 8,677
Hancock 51.27 16,382 48.73 15,568
Kennebec 50.32 33,237 49.68 32,813
Knox 55.51 12,746 44.49 10,215
Lincoln 51.27 11,020 48.73 10,474
Oxford 49.43 15,459 50.57 15,817
Penobscot 45.69 36,659 54.31 43,581
Piscataquis 41.61 3,841 58.39 5,389
Sagadahoc 53.07 11,530 46.93 10,198
Somerset 44.85 11,674 55.15 14,357
Waldo 49.84 11,262 50.16 11,334
Washington 44.33 7,247 55.67 9,102
York 54.51 61,819 45.49 51,593
UOCAVA 68.31 2,487 31.69 1,154
Total 52.12 388,273 47.88 356,621

Maine Supreme Court ruling edit

On February 3, 2017, the Maine Senate voted 24–10 to ask the Maine Supreme Judicial Court for an advisory opinion as to the constitutionality of the approved proposal, after concerns about its constitutionality were expressed by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills.[33]

On May 23, 2017, the Court issued its opinion that the law would be unconstitutional if it came before them, stating it would violate the provision of the Maine Constitution requiring elections to be decided by a plurality of the vote.[34] State legislators had mixed reactions to the ruling, with Senate President Michael Thibodeau calling for the law to be repealed and Democratic State Sen. Catherine Breen stating she would propose a Constitutional amendment to permit the law.[35] The legislature's Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee on June 8 reported out to the floor five bills in reaction to the ruling, including one that would implement ranked-choice voting in 2018 for uses unaffected by the Court's opinion - that is, congressional elections and primaries.[36] On October 23, 2017, the legislature voted to delay implementation of the RCV law for all races until 2021, to allow for time to pass a state constitutional amendment to allow it. This repeal affects even those races not affected by the Court's opinion, with the argument that Maine voters would be confused by a mix of RCV and non-RCV choices on a ballot. However, if such an amendment is not passed, the law would be repealed.[37]

People's veto edit

Supporters, angered by the delay, launched a people's veto signature-gathering effort to prevent it, pointing to its successful use in mixed-race ballots in Portland. The veto passed in June 2018 as Question 1, restoring ranked-choice voting for primary and federal elections.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "November 8, 2016 General Election". Maine Department of Secretary of State.
  2. ^ "Maine Citizen's Guide to the Referendum Election" (PDF). State of Maine Office of the Secretary of State. (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  3. ^ "Maine Question 5 — Allow Ranked-Choice Voting — Results: Approved – Election Results 2016". New York Times. 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  4. ^ "Maine group launching campaign for ranked-choice voting". Bangor Daily News/Lewiston SunJournal. October 12, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "2010 Governor General Election Tabulations". Office of the Maine Secretary of State. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  6. ^ "Maine lawmakers seek to end strategic voting, 'spoilers' with petition for ranked-choice voting". Bangor Daily News. October 27, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  7. ^ "Bill seeks to assure majority vote wins". Bangor Daily News. February 20, 2003. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  8. ^ "A Better Way to Vote". Bangor Daily News. March 14, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  9. ^ "Bill to create Maine presidential primary, adopt ranked-choice voting comes with hefty price tag". Bangor Daily News. May 6, 2013. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  10. ^ a b "Cutler says victory is 'long shot,' tells supporters to vote accordingly". Bangor Daily News. October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  11. ^ "Citizens' initiative for ranked-choice voting found valid with 64,687 signatures". Office of the Maine Secretary of State. November 18, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2015.
  12. ^ a b "Maine officials, legislators question legality of ranked-choice voting". Kennebec Journal. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  13. ^ "Maine secretary of state revises wording of all five November ballot questions". Bangor Daily News. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
  14. ^ . The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  15. ^ "Maine attorney general says ranked-choice voting may require amending constitution". Portland Press Herald. March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  16. ^ . Committee for Ranked Choice Voting. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  17. ^ "Ranked Choice Voting in Maine". Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  18. ^ Burke, Michael (2018-12-24). "GOP lawmaker to drop challenge to Maine's new voting system". The Hill. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as . Ranked Choice Voting Maine. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  20. ^ a b c "Maine Voices: Republican, Democrat and independent vote for ranked-choice elections". Portland Press Herald. December 7, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  21. ^ "Former Vt. governor touts instant-runoff voting in Maine". WCSH6.com. 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2017-12-20.[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ "History of Cumberland County Commissioners". Cumberland County. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  23. ^ Grover, Mark D. (2015-05-18). "The Center Road: Democracy's past, present, future". Keep Me Current. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  24. ^ "Our View: Ranked-choice voting is right for Maine". October 16, 2016.
  25. ^ . The Times Record. 2014-11-13. Archived from the original on 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  26. ^ "Question 5 advocates try to allay confusion about ranked-choice voting". Portland Press Herald. 2016-10-23. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  27. ^ "LePage: Action on shootings should take mental illness into consideration". Bangor Daily News. June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  28. ^ "Ranked Choice Voting: Wrong for Maine & Blatantly Unconstitutional". Maine Wire. March 29, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  29. ^ "Ranked-choice voting". The Ellsworth American. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  30. ^ "The reasons for Maine to adopt ranked-choice voting are unconvincing". Bangor Daily News. 2016-10-19. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  31. ^ "Leads shrink for 4 of the 6 Maine ballot issues, poll indicates". Portland Press Herald. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  32. ^ Scott Thistle (2016-09-29). "Poll suggests Mainers open to changing the way they vote". CentralMaine.com. Retrieved 2017-12-20.
  33. ^ "Maine Senate Asks High Court for Opinion on Voter-Approved Ranked-Choice Initiative". MPBN. 3 February 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  34. ^ "Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court". 23 May 2017.
  35. ^ "Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules ranked-choice voting unconstitutional". Bangor Daily News. May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  36. ^ "Ranked-choice voting bills go to full Legislature for debate". Portland Press Herald. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
  37. ^ "Ranked choice voting delayed until 2021". WCSH6.com. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-12-20.[permanent dead link]

External links edit

  • Ranked Choice Voting Maine 2015-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, supporters of the initiative

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Maine Question 5 formally An Act to Establish Ranked Choice Voting 2 is a citizen initiated referendum question that qualified for the Maine November 8 2016 statewide ballot It was approved by a vote of 52 in favor 48 opposed 3 It sought to change how most Maine elections will be conducted from plurality voting to instant runoff voting IRV sometimes conflated with ranked choice voting It appeared on the ballot along with elections for President of the United States Maine s two U S House seats the legislature five other ballot questions and various local elections The referendum was successful making Maine the first state to use ranked choice voting for its federal elections Question 5 Citizen InitiativeAn Act To Establish Ranked Choice VotingResultsChoice Votes Yes 388 273 52 12 No 356 621 47 88 Valid votes 744 894 96 53 Invalid or blank votes 26 814 3 47 Total votes 771 708 100 00 Registered voters turnout 1 058 444 72 91 Results by countiesSource Maine Secretary of State 1 An advisory opinion by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court issued on May 23 2017 said the court would rule ranked choice voting unconstitutional if it came before them with respect to elections for state offices This led the Maine Legislature to vote to delay its implementation until 2021 to allow time for a Constitutional amendment to be passed to permit it Supporters gathered signatures to force a successful people s veto referendum on the matter in order to prevent the delay Contents 1 Background 1 1 Constitutionality 2 Campaign 2 1 Notable endorsements 2 1 1 Supporters 2 1 2 Opponents 2 2 Polling 3 Results 4 Maine Supreme Court ruling 4 1 People s veto 5 References 6 External linksBackground editIn the eleven Maine gubernatorial elections prior to 2016 only two candidates incumbent governors Joe Brennan in 1982 and Angus King in 1998 won more than 50 of the vote 4 Typically gubernatorial elections have more than two significant candidates the 2010 election had five candidates with Paul LePage emerging as the winner with 37 6 of the vote 5 Some public opinion felt that his victory was due to opponents of LePage dividing their votes between Democratic candidate Libby Mitchell and independent candidate Eliot Cutler 6 Proposals to enact ranked choice voting have been introduced in the legislature as early as 2003 but were rejected 7 8 After a 2010 charter change the city of Portland began electing its mayor using ranked choice voting in 2011 There were new legislative proposals in 2011 though they were rejected as well 9 In 2014 upon releasing his supporters to vote for someone else in the 2014 election Eliot Cutler encouraged his supporters to support ranked choice voting 10 Led by former independent State Senator Dick Woodbury Ranked Choice Voting collected more than the 61 123 valid signatures necessary to put a proposal to voters collecting some 40 000 on Election Day 2014 The group collected 75 369 signatures and delivered them to Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap by October 19 2015 Dunlap ultimately certified 64 687 signatures by November 18 2015 which put the proposal on the November 2016 ballot 11 Per the Maine Constitution the proposal went to the legislature in its 2016 session but it did not act on the measure On January 20 2016 the Maine House of Representatives voted to place the proposal on the ballot without holding a public hearing over the objections of Republicans led by Rep Heather Sirocki expressing concern about the constitutionality of the proposal 12 Secretary of State Dunlap released the final wording of the question on June 23 as it was to appear on the ballot Do you want to allow voters to rank their choices of candidates in elections for U S Senate Congress Governor State Senate and State Representative and to have ballots counted at the state level in multiple rounds in which last place candidates are eliminated until a candidate wins by majority 13 Constitutionality edit Some including a deputy secretary of state and a state legislator expressed concern about the constitutionality of the proposal Deputy Secretary of State Julie Flynn said that the Maine Constitution requires that the governor and state legislators be elected with a plurality of votes and that a system based on ranked choice voting could be challenged in court The state constitution was amended in 1847 1875 and 1880 to choose winners by plurality for house senate and governor respectively 14 Previously an election with no majority winner would be decided by multiple election rounds or by the state legislature Flynn also expressed concern that the proposal inserts the secretary of state into the process while the Constitution states that votes shall be tabulated by municipal officials 12 Maine Attorney General Janet Mills issued an opinion at the request of Maine Senate President Michael Thibodeau stating that while the referendum must appear on the ballot it will likely require amending the Maine Constitution to implement it in order to satisfy the concerns given by the Secretary of State s office She added that the manner in which the proposal addresses how a tie in the voting should be addressed drawing lots directly conflicted with Article V of the Maine Constitution which states that a tie in the vote for governor would be settled by the Maine Legislature meeting in joint session to choose a winner 15 The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting Maine dismissed such concerns noting that a majority vote is always a plurality vote and that such a system has survived legal challenges in several other states Its website statement also linked to statements by several Maine law professors supporting its arguments 16 After the question was approved by voters the Maine Senate submitted questions to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court which issued an advisory opinion on May 23 2017 They unanimously ruled that ranked choice voting was unconstitutional in state but not federal general elections In response the legislature passed a law on November 4 2017 that amended the ranked choice voting law to apply only to primary elections for Congress governor state senator and state representative and for general elections for Congress 17 The law survived a legal challenge in federal court by U S Representative Bruce Poliquin who lost reelection by ranked choice voting to Jared Golden in 2018 18 Campaign editSupporters of the proposal led by Ranked Choice Voting Maine contend that it will lead to people voting for the candidate that they support and end strategic voting to vote merely for the candidate that they think will win and that the ranked choice system will result in a candidate that has some level of support from a majority of voters They further contend that ranked choice voting will result in less negative campaigning as candidates will need to appeal to a broad coalition of voters beyond their base of supporters to gain support as a second or third choice if needed Notable endorsements edit Supporters edit Current and former state legislatorsJustin Alfond Minority Leader of the Maine Senate former President of the Maine Senate 19 Cush Anthony former state representative D Falmouth 19 Dillon Bates state representative D Westbrook 19 Roberta Beavers state representative D South Berwick 19 Henry Beck state representative D Waterville 19 Anne Beebe Center state representative D Rockland 19 Kerri Bickford former state representative R Topsham 19 Patricia Blanchette Bangor City Councilor former state representative 19 Andrea Boland former state representative D Sanford 19 Gen Peter Bowman former Republican state senator former commander of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard 19 Jim Boyle former Democratic state senator 19 John Brautigam former state representative D Falmouth 19 Cathy Breen Democratic state senator 20 Michael Brennan former Mayor of Portland former Majority Leader of the Maine Senate 19 Joe Brooks former state representative I Winterport 19 Tom Bull former state representative D Freeport 19 Beverly Bustin former Assistant state senate Majority Leader 19 Christine Burstein state representative D Lincolnville 19 Emily Cain former state senator Candidate for U S Representative 19 James J Campbell state representative I Newfield 19 Ralph Chapman state representative D Brooksville 19 Ben Chipman state representative D Portland 19 Herbert Clark former state representative D Millinocket 19 John Cleveland former Democratic state senator 19 Joan Cohen former state representative D Portland 19 Janice Cooper state representative D Yarmouth 19 Dennis Damon former Democratic state senator 19 Jerry Davis former state senator and state representative R Falmouth 20 Michael Devin state representative D Newcastle 19 Robert Duchesne state representative D Hudson 19 John Eder former state representative G Portland 19 Jeffrey Evangelos state representative I Friendship 19 Richard Farnsworth state representative D Portland 19 Susan Farnsworth former state representative D Hallowell 19 Stacey Fitts former state representative R Pittsfield 19 Craig Hickman state representative D Winthrop 19 Roger Katz Republican state senator 19 Hannah Pingree former Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives 19 Dick Woodbury former state senator and state representative I Yarmouth 20 MayorsWalter Ash Mayor of Belfast 19 Alan Casavant Mayor of Biddeford 19 Nelson Durgin Mayor of Bangor 19 David Rollins Mayor of Augusta 19 Ethan Strimling Mayor of Portland 19 Other politicians and individualsJoe Baldacci Bangor City Councilor 19 Shenna Bellows Democratic nominee for U S Senate in 2014 former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine 19 Eliot Cutler independent candidate for Governor of Maine in 2010 and 2014 10 Howard Dean former governor of Vermont former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee 21 Mark D Grover former Cumberland County Commissioner 22 2013 2014 23 David Lemoine former Maine State Treasurer 19 Chellie Pingree U S Representative 19 MediaMaineToday Media newspapers Portland Press Herald Morning Sentinel Kennebec Journal 24 Brunswick Times Record 25 Opponents edit Bill Diamond Democratic state senator former Secretary of State of Maine 26 Paul LePage Governor of Maine 27 Heather Sirocki state representative R Scarborough 28 Ellsworth American 29 Bangor Daily News 30 Polling edit Date of opinion poll Conducted by Sample size likely voters Yes No Undecided Margin of Error October 20 25 2016 31 University of New Hampshire 761 49 31 20 3 6 September 15 20 2016 32 University of New Hampshire 506 48 29 23 4 3 Results editCounty 1 Yes Votes No Votes Androscoggin 49 16 27 403 50 84 28 341 Aroostook 44 88 15 561 55 12 19 112 Cumberland 59 70 102 043 40 30 68 896 Franklin 47 67 7 903 52 33 8 677 Hancock 51 27 16 382 48 73 15 568 Kennebec 50 32 33 237 49 68 32 813 Knox 55 51 12 746 44 49 10 215 Lincoln 51 27 11 020 48 73 10 474 Oxford 49 43 15 459 50 57 15 817 Penobscot 45 69 36 659 54 31 43 581 Piscataquis 41 61 3 841 58 39 5 389 Sagadahoc 53 07 11 530 46 93 10 198 Somerset 44 85 11 674 55 15 14 357 Waldo 49 84 11 262 50 16 11 334 Washington 44 33 7 247 55 67 9 102 York 54 51 61 819 45 49 51 593 UOCAVA 68 31 2 487 31 69 1 154 Total 52 12 388 273 47 88 356 621Maine Supreme Court ruling editOn February 3 2017 the Maine Senate voted 24 10 to ask the Maine Supreme Judicial Court for an advisory opinion as to the constitutionality of the approved proposal after concerns about its constitutionality were expressed by Maine Attorney General Janet Mills 33 On May 23 2017 the Court issued its opinion that the law would be unconstitutional if it came before them stating it would violate the provision of the Maine Constitution requiring elections to be decided by a plurality of the vote 34 State legislators had mixed reactions to the ruling with Senate President Michael Thibodeau calling for the law to be repealed and Democratic State Sen Catherine Breen stating she would propose a Constitutional amendment to permit the law 35 The legislature s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee on June 8 reported out to the floor five bills in reaction to the ruling including one that would implement ranked choice voting in 2018 for uses unaffected by the Court s opinion that is congressional elections and primaries 36 On October 23 2017 the legislature voted to delay implementation of the RCV law for all races until 2021 to allow for time to pass a state constitutional amendment to allow it This repeal affects even those races not affected by the Court s opinion with the argument that Maine voters would be confused by a mix of RCV and non RCV choices on a ballot However if such an amendment is not passed the law would be repealed 37 People s veto edit See also June 2018 Maine Question 1 Supporters angered by the delay launched a people s veto signature gathering effort to prevent it pointing to its successful use in mixed race ballots in Portland The veto passed in June 2018 as Question 1 restoring ranked choice voting for primary and federal elections References edit a b November 8 2016 General Election Maine Department of Secretary of State Maine Citizen s Guide to the Referendum Election PDF State of Maine Office of the Secretary of State Archived PDF from the original on 2016 10 18 Retrieved 2016 10 15 Maine Question 5 Allow Ranked Choice Voting Results Approved Election Results 2016 New York Times 2017 08 01 Retrieved 2017 12 20 Maine group launching campaign for ranked choice voting Bangor Daily News Lewiston SunJournal October 12 2015 Retrieved November 20 2015 2010 Governor General Election Tabulations Office of the Maine Secretary of State Retrieved November 20 2015 Maine lawmakers seek to end strategic voting spoilers with petition for ranked choice voting Bangor Daily News October 27 2015 Retrieved November 20 2015 Bill seeks to assure majority vote wins Bangor Daily News February 20 2003 Retrieved June 29 2016 A Better Way to Vote Bangor Daily News March 14 2011 Retrieved November 20 2015 Bill to create Maine presidential primary adopt ranked choice voting comes with hefty price tag Bangor Daily News May 6 2013 Retrieved November 20 2015 a b Cutler says victory is long shot tells supporters to vote accordingly Bangor Daily News October 29 2014 Retrieved October 29 2014 Citizens initiative for ranked choice voting found valid with 64 687 signatures Office of the Maine Secretary of State November 18 2015 Retrieved November 20 2015 a b Maine officials legislators question legality of ranked choice voting Kennebec Journal January 21 2016 Retrieved January 21 2016 Maine secretary of state revises wording of all five November ballot questions Bangor Daily News June 23 2016 Retrieved June 23 2016 Maine s History of Majority Rule and the Adoption of Plurality Provisions The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting Archived from the original on 2018 01 03 Retrieved 2018 01 03 Maine attorney general says ranked choice voting may require amending constitution Portland Press Herald March 5 2016 Retrieved March 7 2016 Does ranked choice voting raise any constitutional questions Committee for Ranked Choice Voting Archived from the original on June 24 2016 Retrieved June 29 2016 Ranked Choice Voting in Maine Retrieved 14 November 2018 Burke Michael 2018 12 24 GOP lawmaker to drop challenge to Maine s new voting system The Hill Retrieved 2018 12 25 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Endorsements Ranked Choice Voting Maine Archived from the original on November 27 2015 Retrieved December 7 2015 a b c Maine Voices Republican Democrat and independent vote for ranked choice elections Portland Press Herald December 7 2015 Retrieved December 7 2015 Former Vt governor touts instant runoff voting in Maine WCSH6 com 2016 07 30 Retrieved 2017 12 20 permanent dead link History of Cumberland County Commissioners Cumberland County Retrieved 2017 12 20 Grover Mark D 2015 05 18 The Center Road Democracy s past present future Keep Me Current Retrieved 2017 12 20 Our View Ranked choice voting is right for Maine October 16 2016 Ranked Choice The Times Record 2014 11 13 Archived from the original on 2017 12 22 Retrieved 2017 12 20 Question 5 advocates try to allay confusion about ranked choice voting Portland Press Herald 2016 10 23 Retrieved 2017 12 20 LePage Action on shootings should take mental illness into consideration Bangor Daily News June 22 2016 Retrieved June 29 2016 Ranked Choice Voting Wrong for Maine amp Blatantly Unconstitutional Maine Wire March 29 2016 Retrieved June 29 2016 Ranked choice voting The Ellsworth American 2016 09 16 Retrieved 2017 12 20 The reasons for Maine to adopt ranked choice voting are unconvincing Bangor Daily News 2016 10 19 Retrieved 2017 12 20 Leads shrink for 4 of the 6 Maine ballot issues poll indicates Portland Press Herald 2016 10 31 Retrieved 2017 12 20 Scott Thistle 2016 09 29 Poll suggests Mainers open to changing the way they vote CentralMaine com Retrieved 2017 12 20 Maine Senate Asks High Court for Opinion on Voter Approved Ranked Choice Initiative MPBN 3 February 2017 Retrieved February 3 2017 Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court 23 May 2017 Maine Supreme Judicial Court rules ranked choice voting unconstitutional Bangor Daily News May 23 2017 Retrieved May 23 2017 Ranked choice voting bills go to full Legislature for debate Portland Press Herald June 8 2017 Retrieved June 9 2017 Ranked choice voting delayed until 2021 WCSH6 com 2017 10 23 Retrieved 2017 12 20 permanent dead link External links editRanked Choice Voting Maine Archived 2015 11 21 at the Wayback Machine supporters of the initiative Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 Maine Question 5 amp oldid 1221936899, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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